From the Foreword by Piers Beirne, University of Maine: 

"Because our world in the new millennium differs so profoundly from the twentieth-century one inhabited by Durkheim, recognition of this overwhelming difference is one of several organizing principles employed by editors Nick Larsen and Russell Smandych. As they 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!" 

Global Criminology and Criminal Justice brings together 22 articles that constitute some of the most important recent literature in the field. Theory and research is situated within a broader discussion of the historical shift over the past three decades from comparative and international, to global criminology.

Comments: 

"This book brings together a rich selection of recent work in the increasingly important field of global criminology. The critical stance adopted by many of the authors, the thematic organisation of the text, and the accompanying commentaries and study questions make this an invaluable resource for students." - Christopher Birkbeck, University of Salford 

"This is a great reader. The introductory materials give a precise and informative overview of recent empirical and theoretical developments, a strong rationale for each selection, as well as succinct and tough study questions and links to relevant websites." - Otwin Marenin, Washington State University

"The editors have exceeded their goals for this volume by compiling an impressive collection of essays that cogently and comprehensively introduce the concepts, issues, debates, and ramifications of a new global criminology. An extensive suggested readings list, drawn from the most current websites, and thought-provoking study questions further enhance the utility of the book both as a stand-alone text and as a supplemental reader for comparative criminal justice and international law courses. Most importantly, this edited volume will appeal to educators and students seeking to understand the effects of the new globalized society on crime, deviance, and how the various social control institutions have responded." - Douglas L. Yearwood, International Criminal Justice Review

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. He has published widely in the fields of comparative and historical criminology. 

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Table of Contents: [Back to Top]

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

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