Perspectives on Crime and Justice: 1997-1998 Lecture Series

This NIJ Research Forum presents lectures from prominent scholars about their perspectives on topical crime and justice issues. It includes George L. Kelling's reflections on the 15 years that have elapsed since the publication of the broken-windows thesis, Randall Kennedy's critique of the explicit use of race in police practice, David F. Musto's reminder of the Nation's history of drug use and abuse, Joan Petersilia's assessment of 20 years of the alternatives-to-incarceration movement, and Philip Cook's examination of the recent epidemic of youth gun violence.