Examining Crime and Justice around the World

Janet P. Stamatel (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

376 Seiten

2020
ABC-CLIO (Verlag)
978-1-4408-6059-1 (ISBN)

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A thorough and timely investigation of both well-established and emerging crime and punishment issues, this book provides readers with compelling examples of how different countries around the world confront these problems.

This book offers a detailed look at 10 "hot topics" in crime and punishment that are shared by many countries. Some of these topics are well-established within the field of criminology, such as patterns of criminal behavior, juvenile delinquency, drug trafficking, policing, and punishment; others are emerging topics that have not been well studied across a variety of countries, such as violence against women, hate crimes, and gun control.

Within each topic, the book explores how eight countries experience the issue, highlighting similarities across different places as well as unique treatments of the problem. The chapter on punishment addresses the widespread use of incarceration as criminal punishment but also considers different philosophies with respect to the purpose of incarceration and whether or not this strategy is effective in the face of large-scale criminal events, such as mass atrocities. The country narratives provide historical context for understanding the particular crime or punishment issue, current trends, and relevant statistical data for describing the extent of the issue and changes over time, in addition to contemporary examples of the issue.

Janet P. Stamatel, PhD, is associate professor of sociology and an affiliate of the Center for Equality and Social Justice at the University of Kentucky.

Series Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Criminal Law and Criminal Behavior
Overview
Egypt
Finland
France
Ghana
Guatemala
Jamaica
Japan
Poland
Chapter 2: Violence against Women
Overview
Canada
China
Democratic Republic of Congo
Haiti
India
Jordan
Mexico
Russia
Chapter 3: Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Justice
Overview
Belgium
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Iceland
Nepal
Nigeria
South Korea
Venezuela
Chapter 4: Hate Crimes
Overview
Armenia
Australia
Belgium
Russia
Singapore
South Africa
United Kingdom
United States
Chapter 5: Human Trafficking
Overview
Brazil
Germany
Iraq
Italy
Malawi
Moldova
Thailand
United Arab Emirates
Chapter 6: Drug Use and Drug Trafficking
Overview
Afghanistan
China
Colombia
Guinea-Bissau
Mexico
The Netherlands
Portugal
Vietnam
Chapter 7: Mass Atrocities and International Justice
Overview
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Cambodia
El Salvador
Georgia
Ivory Coast
Myanmar
Peru
Sudan
Chapter 8: Policing
Overview
Argentina
Dominica
India
Ireland
Japan
Jordan
Slovenia
Turkey
Chapter 9: Gun Control
Overview
Albania
Australia
Canada
Honduras
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Somalia
Switzerland
Chapter 10: Punishment
Overview
Hungary
Malaysia
Rwanda
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Sweden
Trinidad and Tobago
United States
Selected Bibliography
About the Author and Contributors
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	20.11.2020
Zusatzinfo	30 bw illus
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	992 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-4408-6059-9 / 1440860599
ISBN-13	978-1-4408-6059-1 / 9781440860591
Zustand	Neuware