About the book
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. Topics such as state crime, genocide and the international criminal court have also grown in prominence since the publication of the last edition and are given increased coverage.
This book will be perfect reading for advanced undergraduates and postgraduates taking courses in comparative criminal justice and those who are engaged in the study of global responses to crime. New features such as lists of further reading, study questions and boxed case studies help bring comparative criminal justice alive for students and instructors alike.
Editions of Comparative Criminal Justice
- EBook
- ISBN 9781135982362
- PDF
- ISBN 9781135982294
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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. Topics such as state crime, genocide and the international criminal court have also grown in prominence since the publication of the last edition and are given increased coverage.
This book will be perfect reading for advanced undergraduates and postgraduates taking courses in comparative criminal justice and those who are engaged in the study of global responses to crime. New features such as lists of further reading, study questions and boxed case studies help bring comparative criminal justice alive for students and instructors alike.
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What is Comparative Criminal Justice about?
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. Topics such as state crime, genocide and the international criminal court have also grown in prominence since the publication of the last edition and are given increased coverage.
This book will be perfect reading for advanced undergraduates and postgraduates taking courses in comparative criminal justice and those who are engaged in the study of global responses to crime. New features such as lists of further reading, study questions and boxed case studies help bring comparative criminal justice alive for students and instructors alike.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Comparative Criminal Justice?
Society and Social Sciences > Social services and welfare, criminology > Crime and criminology
Where can I read a sample of Comparative Criminal Justice?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781135982362
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Comparative Criminal Justice?
Francis Pakes
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Comparative Criminal Justice is available as ebook(ISBN 9781135982362) and pdf(ISBN 9781135982294)