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Interpreting risky behavior as a contextually appropriate response: Significance and policy implications beyond socioeconomic status

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2017

Timothy Brezina*
Affiliation:
Department of Criminal Justice & Criminology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302. [email protected]://aysps.gsu.edu/criminal-justice-faculty-staff-directory

Abstract

The significance of the contextually appropriate response perspective (CARP) can be judged, in part, by its potential to stimulate new research and guide public policy. To illustrate this potential, I move beyond socioeconomic status differences in behavior and apply CARP to broader, policy-relevant issues in criminology. In this area, CARP sheds new light on some old problems.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 

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