Recently added articles from Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice:

Self-control, child effects, and informal social control: a direct test of the primacy of sociogenic factors.

Jan 01, 2008; Hardwick, K. Herbert ... More than a decade after the influential publication of Michael Gottfredson and Travis Hirschi's (1990) A General Theory of Crime and Robert Sampson and John Laub's (1995) Crime in the Making: Pathways and Turning Points through Life, there remains some confusion in control theory circles ...

A study of volunteers in community-based restorative justice programs.

Jan 01, 2008; Souza, Karen A. ... Community-based restorative justice programs have gained recognition over the past three decades as a viable response to crime and victimization. These programs rely on members of the community as volunteers, and these volunteers often work in collaboration with criminal justice ...

Aboriginal gangs and their (dis)placement: contextualizing recruitment, membership, and status.

Jan 01, 2008; Grekul, Jana ... Introduction Gang research in the United States abounds (Chesney-Lind and Shelden 1992; Fong 1990; Fong and Buentello 2001; Huff 1990; Klein 1971; Sanchez-Jankowski 2003; Spergel 1995; Spergel and Curry 1995, Yablonsky 1959), but there is a relative paucity of Canadian research ...