Criminology & Public Policy is devoted to the study of criminal justice policy and practice. The journal’s central objective is to strengthen the role of research in the formulation of crime and justice policy through publishing empirically based, policy-focused articles.

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Incoming Editors in Chief

The American Society of Criminology announces the new incoming Editors-In-Chief for Criminology & Public Policy, Professors Ojmarrh Mitchell and Jacinta Gau. Submissions after November 30, 2023, will be handled by Mitchell and Gau for consideration for publication in Volume 24 (2025), the first issue of their term. The current Editors-In-Chief (Cynthia Lum and Christopher Koper) will continue to manage all manuscripts submitted before December 1, 2023, and manuscripts submitted for the special issues on policing and gun violence scheduled for issues 3 and 4 of Volume 23 (2024). Lum and Koper’s term concludes at the end of December 2024. Click here for more information about the editorial team.

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Greg Midgette, Peter Reuter, 
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Police reform in public housing contexts: Body‐worn cameras, surveillance, and harm reduction in New York City Housing Authority developments

Anthony A. Braga, John M. MacDonald, James E. McCabe, 
  •  605-637
  •  11 July 2024
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Finding the path of least resistance: An examination of officer communication tactics and their impact on suspect compliance

Jacob T. Foster, Laura Zimmerman, William Terrill, Logan J. Somers, 
  •  639-662
  •  10 June 2024
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The effect of formal de-policing on police traffic stop behavior and crime: Early evidence from LAPD's policy to restrict discretionary traffic stops

Hunter M. Boehme, Scott M. Mourtgos, 
  •  517-542
  •  6 June 2024
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Speaking of reform: Experimental insights into influencing police executives' perspectives on civilian oversight

Scott M. Mourtgos, Ian T. Adams, Joshua McCrain, Kaylyn Jackson Schiff, Daniel S. Schiff, 
  •  689-720
  •  5 June 2024
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Public support for second look sentencing: Is there a Shawshank redemption effect?

Kellie R. Hannan, Francis T. Cullen, Amanda Graham, Cheryl Lero Jonson, Justin T. Pickett, Murat Haner, Melissa M. Sloan, 
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Does police patrol in large areas prevent crime? Revisiting the Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment

David Weisburd, David B. Wilson, Kevin Petersen, Cody W. Telep, 

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