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New book on evidence-based policy in crime and criminal justice features leading scholars’ and researchers’ work in the field

2/21/24 – eurekalert.org

In recent decades, calls for evidence-based policy in crime and criminal justice have become commonplace. But there is a disconnect between those calls and an understanding of what evidence-based policy encompasses. A new book showcases much of what is accurate with evidence-based crime and justice policy and confronts the challenges that such policy faces today and likely in the coming years.