Justice Policy Journal
The CJCJ Justice Policy Journal (JPJ) provides an international forum for researchers and policymakers to examine current justice issues and promote innovative policy solutions in a Web-based format that maintains the standards of an academic publication.
Editors:
- Randall Shelden, Ph.D., CJCJ Senior Research Fellow, Professor of Criminal Justice at University of Nevada-Las Vegas
- Emily Troshynski, Ph.D., Professor of Criminal Justice, University of Nevada-Las Vegas
- Daniel Macallair, M.P.A., CJCJ Executive Director, Practitioner-in-Residence at San Francisco State University
- Danielle Shields, Graduate Student, Criminal Justice Department, Rutgers University
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Justice Policy Journal - Volume 19, Number 1 – Fall 2022
- Dec 19, 2022
- Articles on reducing recidivism through fair chances, the effects of punishment on school fighting, police brutality against people of color, and autism training for judges.
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Justice Policy Journal - Volume 18, Number 2 – Fall 2021
- Jan 27, 2022
- Articles include: The Disproportionality of Drug Laws, Abolishing Consensus Criminology, Public Attitudes of Sex Offense Registration, Visitation Policies in Juvenile Residential Facilities, and…
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Justice Policy Journal - Volume 18, Number 1 – Spring 2021
- May 25, 2021
- Articles on addressing adverse childhood experiences (ACEs); the importance of collaboration between police and mental health professionals; and assessing risk factors in justice-involved youth.
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Justice Policy Journal - Volume 17, Number 2 – Fall 2020
- Dec 17, 2020
- Articles on attitudes towards Ban the Box; the multidimensional struggle of family separation on male migrant workers; the foster-care-to-prison pipeline; extending the school-to-prison pipeline;…
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Justice Policy Journal - Volume 17, Number 1 – Spring 2020
- Jun 25, 2020
- Articles on the criminal justice system in Trinidad and Tobago; Detroit's urban demolition effects on community safety; public perception of sex offender registration; predicting recidivism with…
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Justice Policy Journal - Volume 16, Number 2 – Fall 2019
- Dec 12, 2019
- Articles on topics including the Inside-Out Model, Trauma-Informed Interventions, Extra-Legal Factors on Juvenile Probation Officers’ Sentencing Recommendations, and more.
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Justice Policy Journal - Volume 16, Number 1 – Spring 2019
- Jun 13, 2019
- Articles on arrest histories of men who buy sex; community member perceptions regarding sex offender recidivism; the school-to-prison pipeline, juvenile risk assessments, and more.
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Justice Policy Journal - Volume 15, Number 2 – Fall 2018
- Jan 9, 2019
- Articles on disproportionate minority presence on U.S. Sex Offender Registries, determinants in pretrial detention, gendered effects of intensive juvenile supervision, and more.
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Justice Policy Journal - Volume 15, Number 1 - Spring 2018
- Jun 6, 2018
- Articles on social media responses to false confessions, civil and criminal forfeitures, police use of force on juvenile arrestees, recidivism among older adults, and more.
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Justice Policy Journal - Volume 14, Number 2 - Fall 2017
- Dec 7, 2017
- Articles on arson rates in Chicago, adulthood relationship outcomes for juvenile justice-involved individuals, and migrant workers counteracting wage theft and underpayment.
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Justice Policy Journal - Volume 14, Number 1 - Spring 2017
- Jun 1, 2017
- Articles on educating incarcerated young adults, police involvement with intimate partner violence calls, witness sexual orientation bias, and a book review on Prisoner Reentry in the Era of Mass…
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Justice Policy Journal - Volume 13, Number 2 - Fall 2016
- Nov 28, 2016
- Articles discussing the family impacts of caregiver arrest, how juvenile justice systems-involvement affects earnings, and restorative justice legislation and policy.
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Justice Policy Journal - Volume 13, Number 1 - Spring 2016
- May 10, 2016
- Articles on government distortion of sex-crime stats, veterans serving time, the origins of sex offender legislation, the Jerry Sandusky trial, the relationship between firearm ownership and violent…
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Justice Policy Journal - Volume 12, Number 2 - Fall 2015
- Dec 7, 2015
- Articles about open carry on college campuses, the militarization of law enforcement, the effects of incarceration on drug trafficking earnings, Texan gangs, and Georgia's Transitional Center Program.
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Justice Policy Journal - Volume 12, Number 2 - Fall 2015
- Dec 7, 2015
- Articles about open carry on college campuses, the militarization of law enforcement, the effects of incarceration on drug trafficking earnings, Texan gangs, and Georgia's Transitional Center Program.
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Justice Policy Journal - Volume 12, Number 1 - Spring 2015
- Jun 8, 2015
- The Spring 2015 issue of Justice Policy Journal includes articles on the barriers incarcerated mothers face to regain custody of children, peer support's effect on recidivism, how police make…
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Justice Policy Journal — Volume 11, Number 2 — Fall 2014
- Dec 5, 2014
- The Fall 2014 issue of Justice Policy Journal includes studies on electronic monitoring, sex offender registration laws, prison arts, vets in the system, and gun ownership.
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Justice Policy Journal – Volume 11, Number 1 – Spring 2014
- Mar 28, 2014
- Articles on the nexus between immigration and criminal justice, disproportionate justice-involvement among the American Indian population, and modern developments in prison architecture and design.
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Justice Policy Journal – Volume 10, Number 2 – Fall 2013
- Nov 7, 2013
- Articles on veterans, juvenile diversion program volunteers, court-ordered mentoring for adjudicated youth, pretrial publicity, and punishing racial and ethnic minority student athletes.
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Justice Policy Journal - Volume 10, Number 1 - Spring 2013
- Jun 17, 2013
- Includes articles on residential substance abuse treatment, faith-based halfway houses, youth justice in Nigeria, and gun control laws.
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Justice Policy Journal - Volume 9, Number 2 - Fall 2012
- Dec 19, 2012
- (ISSN 1530-3012) From the editor The Criminal History of So-Called "Hard Core" Drinking Drivers Reintegrative Community Service Teams: Developing Key Practice Dimensions of the Civic Engagement Model…
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Justice Policy Journal - Volume 9, Number 1 - Spring 2012
- May 30, 2012
- (ISSN 1530-3012) From the editor The Use of War to Profit The Post-Release Employment Among Different Types of Offenders with A Different Level of Education: A 5-year Follow-up Study in Indiana The…
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Justice Policy Journal - Volume 8, Number 2 - Fall 2011
- Dec 16, 2011
- (ISSN 1530-3012) From the editor Latina Exposure to Violence at School Incarcerated Sex Offenders' Perceptions of Prison Sex Offender Treatment Programs Fear, Views of Human Nature and the Potential…
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Justice Policy Journal - Volume 8, Number 1 - Spring 2011
- May 12, 2011
- (ISSN 1530-3012) From the editor Warehoused: The Plight of 'Mad' Youths in the Juvenile Justice System Race-Based Decisions: Traffic Citations and Municipal Court Dispositions Mass Shootings in…
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Justice Policy Journal - Volume 7, Number 2 - Fall 2010
- Dec 13, 2010
- (ISSN 1530-3012) From the editor Psychotropic Control of Women Prisoners: The Perpetuation of Abuse of Imprisoned Women Prohibiting Registered Sex Offenders from Being at School: Assessing the…
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