Criminality in context : the psychological foundations of criminal justice reform /

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Author / Creator:Haney, Craig, author.
Imprint:Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2020]
Description:1 online resource (xx, 423 pages).
Language:English
Series:Psychology, crime, and justice series
Psychology, crime, and justice series.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12039598
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ISBN:9781433832130
1433832135
9781433831423
1433831422
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from resource home page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed April 5, 2021).
Summary:"In this groundbreaking book, Craig Haney argues that meaningful and lasting criminal justice reform depends on changing the public narrative about who commits crime and why. Building on decades of research and work at the front lines of the criminal justice system, Haney debunks what he calls the "crime master narrative"--The widespread myth that crime is the simple product of free and autonomous "bad" choices-an increasingly anachronistic view that cannot bear the weight of contemporary psychological data and theory. He meticulously reviews evidence documenting the ways in which a person's social history, institutional experiences, and present circumstances powerfully shape their life course, with a special focus on the role of social, economic, and racial injustice in crime causation. Based on his comprehensive review and analysis of the research, Haney offers a carefully framed and psychologically based blueprint for making the criminal justice system fairer, with strategies to reduce crime through proactive prevention instead of reactive punishment"--
Other form:Print version: Haney, Craig. Criminality in context. Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2020] 9781433831423