The article deals with a comprehensive analysis of the legal prescriptions of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation aimed at the liberalization and humanization of the criminal policy in the context of international norms. The author examines the procedure of the imposition of a limit of the penalties for serious and very serious crimes. The content of the principle of humanization of the...

Domestic violence, particularly male violence against female partners, has been the focus of tremendous public and policy attention over the past two decades. It is now conventional wisdom that traditional criminal justice responses reflected indifference and even resistance to defining such incidents as crime, but as society’s values and beliefs about the acceptability of such violence have ch...

Recent research in criminology has indicated that the media may influence people’s attitudes toward criminal justice policy. This paper examined attitudes toward gun control among a student population using both ideological (attribution styles) and instrumental perspectives (fear of crime), and then tested whether viewing the film Bowling for Columbine influenced those attitudes. The study empl...

Recent research in criminology has indicated that the media may influence people’s attitudes toward criminal justice policy. This paper examined attitudes toward gun control among a student population using both ideological (attribution styles) and instrumental perspectives (fear of crime), and then tested whether viewing the film Bowling for Columbine influenced those attitudes. The study empl...

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This article reviews the current trends and impact of mass incarceration on communities of color, with a focus on criminal justice policy and practice contributors to racial disparity. The impact of these disproportionate incarceration rates on public safety, offenders, and communities are discussed. Recommendations for criminal justice and other policy reforms to reduce unwarranted racial disp...

preventive victimology, with special regard to islamic criminal policy

Editorial Policy—Criminology & Public Policy (CPP) is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to the study of criminal justice policy and practice. The central objective of the journal is to strengthen the role of research findings in the formulation of crime and justice policy by publishing empirically based, policy-focused articles. Authors are encouraged to submit papers that contribute to a more in...

to enforce general policies of article 44, ''law of enforcing general policies of article 44 of the constitution'' was recently approved by islamic consultative assembly. the main objective of the present paper is analysis and study of aspects of criminal policy inserted in the law through identification of criminal behaviors and predicted responses. with respect to criminal phenomenon, study t...