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Media clamour on issues relating to crime, justice and civil liberties has never been more insistent. Whether it is the murder of James Bulger or detaining terrorist suspects for long periods without trial, mediated comment has grown immeasurably over the last twenty years. So, …
"Since 1993, crime has fallen in the United States to historical lows, providing extraordinary legitimacy to the country's peculiar mix of welfare and punishment, with ever stingier social programs for the poor and the highest rates of incarceration in the world. The Upper Limit…
Überwachen und Strafen: die Geburt des Gefängnisses
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Überwachen und Strafen: die Geburt des Gefängnisses
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This book casts a critical eye on scholarship in the field of criminal justice, and offers some new orientations to help develop explanations for twenty-first century criminology and criminal justice studies. This book casts a critical eye on scholarship in the field of criminal…
This comparative text provides an understanding of major foreign criminal justice systems by discussing and comparing the systems of six of the world's more industrialized countries: England, France, Sweden, Russia, China and Japan - each representative of a different type of le…
From the publisher. Not international justice systems, but the national systems of seven selected countries are what Terrill (Georgia State U.) describes in order to introduce US students to the variety of approaches to dealing with crime. For each he discusses the political, hi…
"International crime and justice is an emerging field that covers international and transnational crimes that have not been the focus of mainstream criminology or criminal justice. This book examines the field from a global perspective. It provides an introduction to the nature …