Issue Information ‐ TOC

• Published date: 01 May 2016
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9133.12153
• Date: 01 May 2016

CONTENTS

VOLUME 15 rISSUE 2 rMAY 2016

OFFENDER RISK CHARACTERISTICS

EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION

TheImportanceofMeasuringOffenderChange ...................................259

Anthony W. Flores

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Does Change in Risk Matter?: Examining Whether Changes in Offender Risk

Characteristics Influence Recidivism Outcomes..................................263

Thomas H. Cohen, Christopher T. Lowenkamp, and Scott W. VanBenschoten

POLICY ESSAYS

DoesChangeinRiskMatter?:Yes,ItDoes,andWeCanMeasureIt.................297

Edward J. Latessa

Risk Assessment and Reassessment: An Evidence-Based Approach to Offender

Management..................................................................301

Brenda Vose

DOWNSIZING PRISONS

EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION

Evaluating Realignment: What Do We Learn About the Impact of

IncarcerationonCrime? .......................................................309

Shawn D. Bushway

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Is Downsizing Prisons Dangerous?: The Effect of California’s Realignment Act

on Public Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

Jody Sundt, Emily J. Salisbury, and Mark G. Harmon

POLICY ESSAYS

“AThuginPrisonCan’t ShootYour Sister” ........................................343

Todd R. Clear

Prison Downsizing and Public Safety: Evidence From California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

Magnus Lofstrom and Steven Raphael

Can We Shrink the Prisons Without Growing Crime?: Decarceration,

Decentralization, and the Meaning of Realignment’s Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

Robert Weisberg

Volume 15 rIssue 2