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Author:   Nick Larsen ,  Russell Smandych ,  Piers Beirne
Publisher:   Broadview Press Ltd
Imprint:   Broadview Press Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.840kg
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9781551116822

ISBN 10:   1551116820
Pages:   518
Publication Date:   01 December 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Foreword Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: Foundations for a Global Criminology and Criminal Justice Russell Smandych and Nick Larsen Part 1: Perspectives on the Global Study of Crime and Criminal Justice 1. Comparing Cultures, Comparing Crime: Challenges, Prospects, and Problems for a Global Criminology Susanne Karstedt 2. The Criminological Enterprise in Europe and the United States: A Contextual Exploration Ineke Haen Marshall 3. Trouble in Paradise: Crime and Collapsed States in the Age of Globalization Jean-Germain Gros Part 2: Global Crime: Developments and Issues  4. The World Bank and Crimes of Globalization: A Case Study David 0. Friedrichs and Jessica Friedrichs 5. Globalization of Criminal Justice in the Corporate Context Michael J. Gilbert and Steve Russell 6. Bodies, Borders, and Sex Tourism in a Globalized World: A Tale of Two Cities—Amsterdam and Havana Nancy A. Wonders and Raymond Michalowski 7. Stopping the Illegal Trafficking of Human Beings: How Transnational Police Work Can Stem the Flow of Forced Prostitution Peter A. Mameli Part 3: Global Trends in Policing and Security 8. Convergence of Policing Policies and Transnational Policing in Europe Hartmut Aden 9. Policing Migration: A Framework for Investigating the Regulation of Global Mobility Leanne Weber and Benjamin Bowling 10. The Transformation of Policing? Understanding Current Trends in Policing Systems Trevor Jones and Tim Newburn 11. The Accountability of Transnational Policing Institutions: The Strange Case of Interpol James Sheptycki Part 4: Systems of Criminal Prosecution, the Courts, and Social Control 12. Prosecutorial Discretion and Plea Bargaining in the United States, France, Germany, and Italy: A Comparative Perspective Yue Ma 13. The Police, the Prosecutor, and the Juge D'Instruction: Judicial Supervision in France, Theory and Practice Jacqueline Hodgson  14. Iranian Criminal Justice Under the Islamization Project Hassan Rezaei 15. Building a Post-War Justice System in Afghanistan Ali Wardak 16. Social and Legal Control in China: A Comparative Perspective Xiaoming Chen Part 5: Convergence and Divergence in Criminal Justice and Penal Policy  17. Comparative Criminal Justice Policy-Making in the United States and the United Kingdom: The Case of Private Prisons Trevor Jones and Tim Newburn 18. Prison Populations as Political Constructs: The Case of Finland, Holland, and Sweden Hanns von Hofer 19. Drug Policy Developments Within the European Union: The Destabilizing Effects of Dutch and Swedish Drug Policies Caroline Chatwin Part 6: Challenges for a Global Criminology: Human Rights Crimes and International Criminal Justice 20. Dealing with the Legacy of Past War Crimes and Human Rights Abuses: Experiences and Trends Ivan Simonovic 21. Advocacy and Scholarship in the Study of International War Crime Tribunals and Transitional Justice Leslie Vinjamuri and Jack Snyder 22. War, Aggression, and State Crime: A Criminological Analysis of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq Ronald C. Kramer and Raymond J. Michalowski Sources

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As the editors rightly stress, a comparative approach to the understanding of crime and justice cannot properly capture the full complexity of globalization at the dawn of the twenty-first century. We need a global criminology now! - Piers Beirne, University of Maine

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Nick Larsen is Chair of the Department of Sociology at Chapman University, Orange, CA. He is the editor of Canadian Criminal Justice: An Issues Approach to the Administration of Justice (1998) and co-editor (with Brian Burtch) of Law and Society: Canadian Readings (1999). Russell Smandych is Professor of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.

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