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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825023103321

Titolo

Criminal justice : local and global / / edited by Deborah Drake, John Muncie and Louise Westmarland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cullompton : , : Willan Pub., , 2010

ISBN

1-135-84691-X

0-203-72268-X

1-283-88846-7

1-135-84684-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DrakeDeborah

MuncieJohn

WestmarlandLouise

Disciplina

364

Soggetti

Justice (Philosophy)

Crime - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Published in association with the Open University.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1: Interrogating criminal justice; Chapter 2: Punitiveness and cultures of control; Chapter 3: Conflict resolution, restoration and informal justice; Chapter 4: Risk prediction, assessment and management; Chapter 5: Surveillance and social ordering; Chapter 6: Transnational policing and security; Chapter 7: Justice, globalisation and human rights; Acknowledgements; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Criminal Justice: Local and Global and its sister text Crime: Local and Global are two new teaching texts that aim to equip the reader with a critical understanding of the globally contested nature of 'crime' and'justice'. Through an examination of key concepts and criminological approaches, the books illuminate the different ways in which crime is constructed, conceived and controlled. International case studies are used to demonstrate how 'crime' and 'justice' are historically and geographically located in terms of the global/local context, and how processes of criminali