GESTIÓN EN SALUD PÚBLICA: Criminal Justice Month

March is National Criminal Justice Month in the United States. The aim of the event is to increase awareness of the causes and effects of crime, as well as improving strategies for prevention and response.

This March, Springer Nature is sharing the top downloaded criminology and criminal justice research articles of 2015 and 2016. All articles are free to read until March 31, 2017.

Before the Abstract, the official podcast of the Springer Nature Storytellers program, features a story shared by criminologist Heith Copes, about his work on a photo ethnography of methamphetamine use in rural Alabama. Listen to Heith’s story and have a look at the photo series GOOD BAD PEOPLE, photographed by Jared Ragland here.

The United States Congress established March as National Criminal Justice Month. The aim of the event is increase awareness of the causes and effects of crime, as well as improving strategies for preventing and responding to crime.

So, this March we are sharing the top downloaded criminology and criminal justice research articles of 2015 and 2016. We are also thrilled to be sharing the first episode of this month's criminology-themed stories from Before the Abstract, the official podcast of the Springer Nature Storytellers program.

All articles are free to read until March 31, 2017.

How Much time is Enough?

Listen to the latest episode in the Springer Nature Storytellers Criminology Series

Criminologist, Stan Stojkovic, receives a letter from a convicted murderer.

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

The Effect of Police Body-Worn Cameras on Use of Force and Citizens’ Complaints Against the Police: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Exploring the Effect of Exposure to Short-Term Solitary Confinement Among Violent Prison Inmates

Measuring the Effect of Probation and Parole Officers on Labor Market Outcomes and Recidivism

Support for Balanced Juvenile Justice: Assessing Views About Youth, Rehabilitation, and Punishment

The Scary World of Online News? Internet News Exposure and Public Attitudes Toward Crime and Justice

Immigration and Crime in the New Destinations, 2000–2007: A Test of the Disorganizing Effect of Migration

Journal of Experimental Criminology

The impact of on-officer video cameras on police–citizen contacts: findings from a controlled experiment in Mesa, AZ

The effects of sexual offender treatment on recidivism: an international meta-analysis of sound quality evaluations

Citizens’ reactions to hot spots policing: impacts on perceptions of crime, disorder, safety and police

The persuasion and security awareness experiment: reducing the success of social engineering attacks

Preventing future offending of delinquents and offenders: what have we learned from experiments and meta-analyses?

Measuring procedural justice and legitimacy at the local level: the police–community interaction survey

Maybe They Brought in the Wrong Priest

Listen to the second episode in the Springer Nature Storytellers Criminology Series

Law professor, Michael Perlin, reflects on a case he took early on as a public defender that would forever shape his career in mental disability law.

Caught Being Stupid

A True, Personal Story from Springer Nature Storytellers

Wishing to show the humanity and complexity of the lives of people who turn to drugs and crime, criminologist Heith Copes embarks on a photo ethnography of methamphetamine use in rural Alabama. But what begins as a research project quickly becomes a life-altering lesson in the truth behind stereotypes, the importance of empathy, and the unparalleled power of human connection.

Listen to Heith recount his time spent on Sand Mountain and meet the individuals from his story, captured in the emotional photo series GOOD BAD PEOPLE: Methamphetamine Use on Sand Mountain by Jared Ragland.