Varieties of Comparative Criminology

Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-90-04-12245-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 80, 268 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 499 g

Reihe: International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology

According to Durkheim comparative sociology is sociology itself. Comparative criminology goes back to the days of Durkheim, but today it is possible to conduct group comparisons in many settings and with an incredible array of data. This book represents a variety of approaches making comparisons. The emphasis is on creative methods, challenging theory and unusual subject matter. Topics range from Micro-Macro Criminology to Police Strength and from Women Police to Crime Prevention Policies in the UK and the US.

Contributors are Cyndi Banks, Adam C. Bouloukos, Ken Clark, Ronald V. Clarke, Brett Dakin, Graham Farrell, Joshua D. Freilich, Gregory J. Howard, Erin Lake, Gloria Laycock, Edward R. Maguire, Mangai Natarajan, Graeme Newman, Jeremy A. Pienik, Rebecca Schulte-Murray, Mark Seis, Shlomo Giora Shoham, and Andromachi Tseloni.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Howard, Gregory

Newman, Graeme

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Varieties of Comparative Criminology, Graeme Newman and Gregory J. Howard

Micro-Macro Criminology, Shlomo Giora Shoham

What Does the World Spend on Policing?, Graham Farrell, Erin Lake, Ken Clark and Andromachi Tseloni

Issues and Patterns in the Comparative International Study of Police Strength, Edward R. Maguire and Rebecca Schulte-Murray

Women Justice, and Custom: The Discourse of “Good Custom” and “Bad Custom” in Papua New Guinea and Canada, Cyndi Banks

Confronting the Contradiction: Global Capitalism and Environmental Health, Mark Seis

Toward a Universal Declaration of the Rule of Law: Implications for Criminal Justice and Sustainable Development, Adam C. Bouloukos and Brett Dakin

Toward Comparative Studies of the U.S. Militia Movement, Joshua D. Freilich, Jeremy A. Pienik and Gregory J. Howard

Women Police in a Traditional Society: Test of a Western Model of Integration, Mangai Natarajan

Crime Prevention Policy and Government Research: A Comparison of the United States and United Kingdom, Gloria Laycock and Ronald V. Clarke

List of Contributors

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Gregory J. Howard is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Western Michigan University. His current research and practice is concerned with social movements, resistance and revolt, environmental sociology, comparative criminology, and pedagogy.

Graeme Newman is Distinguished Teaching Professor of Criminal Justice at the State University of New York at Albany. For the U.N. he pioneered the establishment of the U.N. Crime and Justice Information Network, the first international criminal justice presence on the Internet. Professor Newman has written widely in criminal justice and other fields, and has written commercial software. Among the books he has written or edited are The Global Report on Crime and Justice (United Nations/Oxford 1998); Just and Painful: A Case for the Corporal Punishment of Criminals, 2nd Edition, (Harrow and Heston 1995); The Punishment Response, 2nd Edition, (Harrow and Heston 1985); and Comparative Deviance: Law and Perception in Six Cultures (Elsevier 1976).