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

• Pubblicazione: Cullompton : , : Willan Pub., , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 p.)
• Disciplina: 364
• Soggetto topico: Justice (Philosophy); Crime - Philosophy
• Altri autori: DrakeDeborah MuncieJohn WestmarlandLouise
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Criminal justice
• ISBN: 1-135-84691-X; 0-203-72268-X; 1-283-88846-7; 1-135-84684-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825023103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II