Book review: Routledge Handbook of Evidence-Based Criminal Justice Practices
| Published date | 30 April 2024 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/20662203241227730 |
| Author | Martine Herzog-Evans |
| Date | 30 April 2024 |
| Subject Matter | Book Reviews |
Book Review
European Journal of Probation
2024, Vol. 16(1) 110–114
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Book reviews
Edelyn Verona and Bryanna Fox (eds) Routledge Handbook of Evidence-Based Criminal Justice Practices.
Routledge: Routledge International Hanbooks. ISBN 9781032107349 (hardback) | ISBN
9781032112978 (paperback)
Martine Herzog-Evans, Universitѐde Reims-Champagne Ardennes, France
The subject of this work is highly relevant: what are the Evidence-Based Practices (EBP)
that ‘work’in the field of delinquency? More precisely, the editors, Verona and Fox, state
that their objective is to describe concrete and actionable EBP solutions to address the
major questions posed in today’s criminal justice system (CJS).
The editors have distinct backgrounds, with Verona being a psychologist working in
the criminological field, and Fox being a criminologist with a background as an FBI agent.
Among the contributors, the striking aspect for the reader is that they are not all aca-
demics. Some are practitioners, including a judge, a judge clerk, a senior attorney, and an
emergency medicine physician. A significant and unusual number of contributors are
students, including an undergraduate, or PhD students. The affiliated disciplines are also
diverse, ranging from criminology and psychology to forensic psychology or mental
health, psychiatry, and even anthropology and sociology. However,there is a notabl e lack
of geographic diversity among the authors, with the majority working in North America
(particularly in Florida).
The number of authors is substantial (79), reflecting the equally significant number of
chapters (42), covering a wide variety of topics. It is worth noting that these 42 chapters
spread across a relatively limited number of pages (412). After all, it is a handbook. This
inevitably means that the chapters are relatively short.
These 42 chapters are divided into seven parts, excluding the introduction by the two
editors and their conclusion. These parts are: crime prevention; juvenile justice and early
intervention; predictors of crime and risk assessment; policing; the courts; corrections;
and considerations for policy changes. While the titles of the seven parts refer to academic
considerations, the chapters themselves largely focus on practical issues. This leads to
each part being diverse ‘internally’. For example, within the ‘prevention’category (Part
I), one finds, among other things, but not exclusively, chapters on social disorganisation
theory, mental health, as well as chapters on crisis response teams, coordinated harm
reduction medical teams and opioid use disorder, or human trafficking response.
Given the vast diversity of topics covered, it is impossible to provide a comprehensive
review in a few lines. Therefore, this review shall be limited to discussing some aspects,
focussing particularly on the introduction and conclusion authored by the two editors, as
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