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Record Nr.

UNINA9910957356503321

Titolo

Routledge handbook of international criminology / / edited by Cindy J. Smith, Sheldon X. Zhang, and Rosemary Barberet

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-135-19384-3

1-283-45825-X

1-78034-674-3

9786613458254

1-135-19385-1

0-203-86470-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (585 p.)

Collana

Routledge international handbooks

Altri autori (Persone)

BarberetRosemary

SmithCindy J

ZhangSheldon

Disciplina

364

Soggetti

Criminology

Crime

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Methods and theories -- pt. 2. Special topics -- pt. 3. Criminology and criminal justice in context.

Sommario/riassunto

The Routledge Handbook of International Criminology brings together the latest thinking and findings from a diverse group of both senior and promising young scholars from around the globe. This collaborative project articulates a new way of thinking about criminology that extends existing perspectives in understanding crime and social control across borders, jurisdictions, and cultures, and facilitates the development of an overarching framework that is truly international.The book is divided into three parts, in which three distinct yet overlapping types of crime are analyz