Our bimonthly journal of research

The ANNALS of the AAPSS addresses society’s most important problems and concerns with high-quality research.

First published in 1890, The ANNALS took its current form in 1914. Each of our bimonthly volumes takes up a particular social challenge or phenomenon, mustering research and evidence to illuminate it in ways that advance science and public policy.

Current Volume

Crime Prevention for Social Impact and Social Justice

Volume 714, July 2024

Special Editors: Brandon C. Welsh and Eric L. Piza

The growing demand for evidence-based, cost-efficient crime prevention interventions has also drawn attention to the need for those interventions to do more to bring about social impact and social justice. This volume explores a framework for contemporary crime prevention that addresses this need, analyzing new developments in the field and documenting the ideals, challenges, and progress of this growing movement. Contributions across a variety of disciplines provide a deeper, broader understanding of the connections of social impact and social justice to the prevention of crime in society.

From the Archives

Detaining Democracy? Criminal Justice and American Civic Life

Volume 651, January 2014

Special Editors: Christopher Wildeman, Jacob S. Hacker, and Vesla M. Weaver

Following considerable increases in the U.S. government’s role and power in punishing its citizens, this volume explores the impacts of the heightened police state on civic life and political participation. Contributions analyze how increased criminal sanctions have advanced inequality and explore issues of legitimacy and citizenship for individuals and communities. By shifting the conversation from how politics affect punishment to how punishment affects politics, this volume provides a nuanced lens for examining the consequences of our current criminal justice framework.

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