Examining crime and justice around the world / Janet P. Stamatel.

By: Stamatel, Janet P [author.]
Language: English Series: Global viewpoints (ABC-Clio Information Services): Publisher: Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (xxiv, 349 pages) : illustrations, mapContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781440860591; 1440860599Subject(s): Crime -- Cross-cultural studies | Criminal justice, Administration of -- Cross-cultural studies | Criminal behavior -- Cross-cultural studies | Punishment -- Cross-cultural studiesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 364 LOC classification: HV6025 | .S69 2021Online resources: Full text is available at EBSCOHost. Click here to view
Contents:
Series foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Criminal law and criminal behavior. Overview ; Egypt ; Finland ; France ; Ghana ; Guatemala ; Jamaica ; Japan ; Poland -- Violence against women. Overview ; Canada ; China ; Democratic Republic of Congo ; Haiti ; India ; Jordan ; Mexico ; Russia -- Juvenile delinquency and juvenile justice. Overview ; Belgium ; Cyprus ; Czech Republic ; Iceland ; Nepal ; Nigeria ; South Korea ; Venezuela -- Hate crimes. Overview ; Armenia ; Australia ; Belgium ; Russia ; Singapore ; South Africa ; United Kingdom ; United States -- Human trafficking. Overview ; Brazil ; Germany ; Iraq ; Italy ; Malawi ; Moldova ; Thailand ; United Arab Emirates -- Drug use and drug trafficking. Overview ; Afghanistan ; China ; Colombia ; Guinea-Bissau ; Mexico ; The Netherlands ; Portugal ; Vietnam -- Mass atrocities and international justice. Overview ; Bosnia-Herzegovina ; Cambosia ; El Salvador ; Georgia ; Ivory Coast ; Myanmar ; Peru ; Sudan -- Policing. Overview ; Argentina ; Dominica ; India ; Ireland ; Japan ; Jordan ; Slovenia ; Turkey -- Gun control. Overview ; Albania ; Australia ; Canada ; Honduras ; Pakistan ; Papua New Guinea ; Somalia ; Switzerland -- Punishment. Overview ; Hungary ; Malaysia ; Rwanda ; Saudi Arabia ; Singapore ; Sweden ; Trinidad and Tobago ; United States.
Summary: 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. Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Series foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Criminal law and criminal behavior. Overview ; Egypt ; Finland ; France ; Ghana ; Guatemala ; Jamaica ; Japan ; Poland -- Violence against women. Overview ; Canada ; China ; Democratic Republic of Congo ; Haiti ; India ; Jordan ; Mexico ; Russia -- Juvenile delinquency and juvenile justice. Overview ; Belgium ; Cyprus ; Czech Republic ; Iceland ; Nepal ; Nigeria ; South Korea ; Venezuela -- Hate crimes. Overview ; Armenia ; Australia ; Belgium ; Russia ; Singapore ; South Africa ; United Kingdom ; United States -- Human trafficking. Overview ; Brazil ; Germany ; Iraq ; Italy ; Malawi ; Moldova ; Thailand ; United Arab Emirates -- Drug use and drug trafficking. Overview ; Afghanistan ; China ; Colombia ; Guinea-Bissau ; Mexico ; The Netherlands ; Portugal ; Vietnam -- Mass atrocities and international justice. Overview ; Bosnia-Herzegovina ; Cambosia ; El Salvador ; Georgia ; Ivory Coast ; Myanmar ; Peru ; Sudan -- Policing. Overview ; Argentina ; Dominica ; India ; Ireland ; Japan ; Jordan ; Slovenia ; Turkey -- Gun control. Overview ; Albania ; Australia ; Canada ; Honduras ; Pakistan ; Papua New Guinea ; Somalia ; Switzerland -- Punishment. Overview ; Hungary ; Malaysia ; Rwanda ; Saudi Arabia ; Singapore ; Sweden ; Trinidad and Tobago ; United States.

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. Provided by publisher.

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