Comparative Criminal Justice
Article description
This book offers an accessible introduction to comparative criminal justice and examines and reflects on the ways different countries and jurisdictions deal with the main stages in the criminal justice process, from policing to sentencing. This popular bestseller has been fully updated and expanded for the third edition. This textbook provides the reader with: * a comparative perspective on criminal justice and its main components; * a knowledge of methodology for comparative research and analysis; * an understanding of the emerging concepts in comparative criminal justice, such as security, surveillance, retribution and rehabilitation; * a discussion of global trends such as the global drop in crime, the punitive turn, penal populism, privatization, international policing and international criminal tribunals. The new edition has been fully updated to keep abreast with this growing field of study and research, including increased coverage of the challenge of globalization and its role and influence on criminal justice systems around the world.
Specifications
| Author | Pakes, Francis J. |
| ISBN/EAN | 9780415826297 |
Article description
This book offers an accessible introduction to comparative criminal justice and examines and reflects on the ways different countries and jurisdictions deal with the main stages in the criminal justice process, from policing to sentencing. This popular bestseller has been fully updated and expanded for the third edition. This textbook provides the reader with: * a comparative perspective on criminal justice and its main components; * a knowledge of methodology for comparative research and analysis; * an understanding of the emerging concepts in comparative criminal justice, such as security, surveillance, retribution and rehabilitation; * a discussion of global trends such as the global drop in crime, the punitive turn, penal populism, privatization, international policing and international criminal tribunals. The new edition has been fully updated to keep abreast with this growing field of study and research, including increased coverage of the challenge of globalization and its role and influence on criminal justice systems around the world.
Specifications
| Author | Pakes, Francis J. |
| ISBN/EAN | 9780415826297 |