Disconnect between research and policy

Authors/Creators

Alfred Allan, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow

Abstract

Book review of: Criminality in Context: The Psychological Foundations of Criminal Justice Reform, American Psychological Association Washington, DC, (2020): American Psychological Association, xix + 421pp., US$39.99 (paperback), ISBN 9781433831423 This book is part of the American Psychological Association’s Psychology, Crime and Justice series of which the overt aim is to showcase psychologists’ contribution to the study of crime and criminal justice (Maruna, 2020, p. 28). Its covert aim is to dispel the stereotype of psychologists as reductionists who pathologise criminal behaviour, ignoring the role played by cultural, economic, historical and situational factors...

RAS ID

42852

Document Type

Book Review

Date of Publication

2021

School

School of Arts and Humanities / Sellenger Centre

Copyright

subscription content

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Comments

Allan, A. (2021). Disconnect between research and policy, Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 28(1), 149-161

https://doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2021.1926368

Recommended Citation

Allan, A. (2021). Disconnect between research and policy. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2021.1926368