Crime and criminology Books

Book SynopsisAccording 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.Table of ContentsIntroduction: 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

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Book SynopsisTrafficking in human beings has become a major international concern in the last two decades. Trafficking has been subjected to intense political debate and ambitious legal regulation on international, regional and national levels. Although much has been done to eradicate trafficking and to protect the victims, an increasing number of critical voices are emerging: the efforts to deal with human trafficking have proved to be more ineffective than anticipated. This book seeks explanations to why anti-trafficking strategies and activities appear to be so futile, and what should be done better for them to achieve their goals with more success. Besides the academic audience, this study is written for legal practitioners, who might come across human trafficking in their work.Table of ContentsChapter I Introduction 1. Trafficking in Human Beings – A Topical Issue 2. Fundamentals About and Critique towards the Action against Trafficking in Human Beings 3. Research Design and Structure of the Present Study Chapter II Consent and Vulnerability in Prostitution and Trafficking for the Purpose of Sexual Exploitation: Debates and Definitions 1. Introduction 2. Contradictory Positions on Prostitution 3. Developments in the International Law: From the Campaigns Against “White Slave Traffic” to the 1949 Convention and Beyond 4. Prostitution and Trafficking for the Purpose of Sexual Exploitation in the EU law 5. The Current International Definition of Trafficking in Human Beings and Its Relation to Prostitution 6. Conclusions Chapter III The International Legal Framework against Human Trafficking: From the Overemphasis of Law Enforcement to the Protection of the Victim’s Human Rights 1. Introduction 2. The UN Organised Crime Convention and Its Protocols on Trafficking and Smuggling 3. The Council of Europe Convention on the Action against Trafficking in Human Beings: Added Value for the Protection of Trafficked Persons’ Human Rights? 4. Comparison of the UN Trafficking Protocol and the CoE Trafficking Convention 5. Other Relevant International Legal Instruments against Trafficking in Human Beings 6. Conclusions Chapter IV Anti-Trafficking Strategies and Activities in Finland: Current Achievements and Future Challenges 1. Introduction 2. The Legal Framework of Action against Trafficking in Human Beings 3. The Application and Interpretation of the Penal Provisions on Trafficking at the Finnish Courts of Law: The Distinction between “Innocent” and “Guilty” Victims of Sexual Exploitation 4. Conclusions Chapter V Conclusions and Recommendations 1. Introductory Remarks: “Invisible” Victims 2. Deserving Victims and Conditional Assistance 3. The Ambiguous Definition of Human Trafficking and the Restrictive Application and Interpretation of Criminal Law Provisions 4. Final Remarks Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book reveals the fundamental role rape played in promoting Dutch solidarity from 1609-1725. Through the identification of particular enemies, it directed attention away from competing regional, religious, and political loyalties. Patriotic Protestant authors highlighted atrocities committed by the Spanish and lower-class criminals. They conversely cast Dutch men as protectors of their wives and daughters – an appealing characterization that allowed the Dutch to take pride in a sense of moral superiority and justify the Dutch Revolt. After the conclusion of peace with Spain in 1648, marginalized authors, including Catholic priests and literary women, employed depictions of rape to subtly advance their own agendas without undermining political stability. Rape was thus essential in the development and preservation of a common identity that paved the way for the Dutch defeat of the mighty Spanish empire and their rise to economic pre-eminence in Europe.Trade Review[...] [a] thorough and precise analyses of the depiction of rape in the Dutch early modern literature. Pipkin’s examinations are very helpful to any Dutch scholar working on early modern ideologies and representations of rape. Manon van der Heijden, Journal of the History of Sexuality, 25:1 January 2016Table of ContentsList of Plates Acknowledgements Preface 1. Introduction 2. Patriotic Propaganda 3. Protestant Morality 4. Catholic Advice 5. Women’s Objections 6. Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn Cultural Property Crime various experts in the fields of criminology, art law, heritage studies, law enforcement, forensic psychology, archaeology, art history and journalism provide multidisciplinary perspectives on today’s concept of cultural property crime, including art crime. In addition, the volume deals with international, legal and practical developments regarding the increasing criminalization of acts against cultural property in times of conflict. Attention is paid to the changing status and fluctuating appraisal of cultural property as subject to classical art crimes generally in peacetime and as an identity-related symbolic target during conflict. The book covers a wide range of topics such as forgeries, white-collar crime, archaeological looting and the impact of war on cultural heritage.Trade Review"Overall, the book provides a kaleidoscopic vision of what we know as Art Crime, offering a balanced combination of theory and practice, using both current and historic cases. (...) This book has given us a new insight into the thinking of those who use their intellectual and professional capacity to try to keep the dark side at bay. Like the previous volumes [in the series], this new book is essential reading." Ignacio Rodríguez-Temiño, AP: Online Journal in Public Archaeology 5 (2015), pp. 203-205.Table of ContentsContents Preface: Criminology in Art Crime: Some Lessons for the Legislators Stefano Manacorda List of Contributors Part 1- Art Theft 1 Art Theft and Time Limits for Recovery: Do the Facts of the Crime Fit the Limits in Law? Kenneth Polk and Duncan Chappell Part 2 - The Relationship between Cultural Heritage Crimes and Organized Crime 2 Displacement, Deforestation, and Drugs: Antiquities Trafficking and the Narcotics Support Economies of Guatemala Donna Yates Part 3 - Fakes and Forgeries 3 The Narrative Structure of Forgery Tales Thierry Lenain 4 Forge and Export: The Trade in Fake Antiquities from China Toby Bull and Stephan Gruber Part 4 - Art and White-Collar Crime 5 Money, Art, and Laundering: Coming to Grips with the Risks Petrus C. van Duyne, Lena Louwe, and Melvin Soudijn 6 Art Crime as White-Collar Crime Marc Balcells 7 Art Fraud in Germany: Lessons Learned or the Fast Falling into Oblivion? Saskia Hufnagel 8 Corruption from the Top: The Getty and Caligula’s Legacy Tanya K. Lervik and Marc Balcells 9 An Inside Job? The Case of Robert Noortman Henk Schutten and Petrus C. van Duyne Part 5 - Armed Conflicts and Cultural Property 10 From Crimes against Art to Crimes against Cultural Property: New Perspectives and Dimensions in Art Crime Joris D. Kila 11 Illicit Traffic in Antiquities: Some Canadian Experiences John M. Fossey 12 The Gurlitt Case: German and International Responses to Ownership Rights in Looting Cases Duncan Chappell and Saskia Hufnagel Part 6 - Archaeological Looting 13 The Internet Market in Pre-Columbian Antiquities Neil Brodie 14 Local and International Illicit Traffic in Vietnamese Cultural Property: A Preliminary Investigation Damien Huffer and Duncan Chappell 15 Crime and Conflict: Temple Looting in Cambodia Tess Davis and Simon Mackenzie 16 Transnational Forfeiture of the Getty Bronze Derek Fincham Part 7 - Art Vandalism 17 On Art, Crime, and Insanity. The Role and Contribution of Mental Disorders Frans Koenraadt Conclusion: Cultural Property Crime Joris Kila and Marc Balcells Index

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Book SynopsisIn Cultural Property Crime various experts in the fields of criminology, art law, heritage studies, law enforcement, forensic psychology, archaeology, art history and journalism provide multidisciplinary perspectives on today’s concept of cultural property crime, including art crime. In addition, the volume deals with international, legal and practical developments regarding the increasing criminalization of acts against cultural property in times of conflict. Attention is paid to the changing status and fluctuating appraisal of cultural property as subject to classical art crimes generally in peacetime and as an identity-related symbolic target during conflict. The book covers a wide range of topics such as forgeries, white-collar crime, archaeological looting and the impact of war on cultural heritage.Trade Review"Overall, the book provides a kaleidoscopic vision of what we know as Art Crime, offering a balanced combination of theory and practice, using both current and historic cases. (...) This book has given us a new insight into the thinking of those who use their intellectual and professional capacity to try to keep the dark side at bay. Like the previous volumes [in the series], this new book is essential reading." Ignacio Rodriguez-Temino, AP: Online Journal in Public Archaeology 5 (2015), pp. 203-205.Table of ContentsContents Preface: Criminology in Art Crime: Some Lessons for the Legislators Stefano Manacorda List of Contributors Part 1- Art Theft 1 Art Theft and Time Limits for Recovery: Do the Facts of the Crime Fit the Limits in Law? Kenneth Polk and Duncan Chappell Part 2 - The Relationship between Cultural Heritage Crimes and Organized Crime 2 Displacement, Deforestation, and Drugs: Antiquities Trafficking and the Narcotics Support Economies of Guatemala Donna Yates Part 3 - Fakes and Forgeries 3 The Narrative Structure of Forgery Tales Thierry Lenain 4 Forge and Export: The Trade in Fake Antiquities from China Toby Bull and Stephan Gruber Part 4 - Art and White-Collar Crime 5 Money, Art, and Laundering: Coming to Grips with the Risks Petrus C. van Duyne, Lena Louwe, and Melvin Soudijn 6 Art Crime as White-Collar Crime Marc Balcells 7 Art Fraud in Germany: Lessons Learned or the Fast Falling into Oblivion? Saskia Hufnagel 8 Corruption from the Top: The Getty and Caligula’s Legacy Tanya K. Lervik and Marc Balcells 9 An Inside Job? The Case of Robert Noortman Henk Schutten and Petrus C. van Duyne Part 5 - Armed Conflicts and Cultural Property 10 From Crimes against Art to Crimes against Cultural Property: New Perspectives and Dimensions in Art Crime Joris D. Kila 11 Illicit Traffic in Antiquities: Some Canadian Experiences John M. Fossey 12 The Gurlitt Case: German and International Responses to Ownership Rights in Looting Cases Duncan Chappell and Saskia Hufnagel Part 6 - Archaeological Looting 13 The Internet Market in Pre-Columbian Antiquities Neil Brodie 14 Local and International Illicit Traffic in Vietnamese Cultural Property: A Preliminary Investigation Damien Huffer and Duncan Chappell 15 Crime and Conflict: Temple Looting in Cambodia Tess Davis and Simon Mackenzie 16 Transnational Forfeiture of the Getty Bronze Derek Fincham Part 7 - Art Vandalism 17 On Art, Crime, and Insanity. The Role and Contribution of Mental Disorders Frans Koenraadt Conclusion: Cultural Property Crime Joris Kila and Marc Balcells Index

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Book SynopsisThe ability of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to function effectively is heavily dependent on cooperation because it does not possess its own enforcement mechanism. In Cooperation and the International Criminal Court: Perspectives from Theory and Practice, edited by Olympia Bekou and Daley J. Birkett, scholars and practitioners in international criminal law provide a detailed analysis of the ICC cooperation regime. Chapters focus on the law and practice of State cooperation, the role of civil society and regional organisations, asset recovery for the purpose of reparations, policy issues and how technology-driven tools can strengthen the ICC cooperation regime in practice. This collection provides a unique insight into the current status of cooperation as well as future challenges for the ICC.Table of ContentsTable of Contents Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Foreword The Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE; Introduction Olympia Bekou and Daley J. Birkett; Chapter 1. Legal Rules, Policy Choices and Political Realities in the Functioning of the Cooperation Regime of the International Criminal Court Annalisa Ciampi; Chapter 2. The International Criminal Court Cooperation Regime – A Practical Perspective from the Office of the Prosecutor Pascal Turlan; Chapter 3. Credible and Authoritative Enforcement of State Cooperation with the International Criminal Court Göran Sluiter and Stanislas Talontsi ; Chapter 4. Non-Compliance and the Law and Politics of State Cooperation: Lessons from the Al Bashir and Kenyatta Cases Lorraine Smith-van Lin; Chapter 5. Practical Cooperation Challenges Faced by the Registry of the International Criminal Court Anne-Aurore Bertrand and Natacha Schauder; Chapter 6. Non-Cooperation and the Efficiency of the International Criminal Court Annika Jones; Chapter 7. The Place of Consultation in the International Criminal Court’s Approach to Complementarity and Cooperation Nicola Palmer; Chapter 8. Cooperation and the International Criminal Court: The Freezing, Seizing and Transfer of Assets for the Purpose of Reparations Carla Ferstman; Chapter 9. Reflections of the Facilitator for Cooperation in The Hague Working Group, 2012-2015 Anniken Ramberg Krutnes; Chapter 10. A State’s Experience of Cooperation with the International Criminal Court: The Case of Belgium Gérard Dive and Julie de Hults; Chapter 11. Strengthening the International Criminal Court Cooperation Regime from the European Union’s Perspective Christian Behrmann; Chapter 12. Strengthening International Criminal Court Cooperation – The Role of Civil Society Matthew Cannock; Chapter 13. Using “Managerial Compliance” to Strengthen the International Criminal Court Cooperation Regime Emilie Hunter; Chapter 14. Fostering Cooperation through Technology-Driven Tools Olympia Bekou, William E. M. Lowe and Daley J. Birkett; Index.

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Book SynopsisCrime is men’s business, isn’t it? Women are responsible for 10 percent of crime in Europe. Yet, if we look at the Dutch Republic in the early modern period, we find that in the towns of Holland women played a much larger role in crime. In a number of early modern towns about half of the criminals convicted in court were women. These women were in vulnerable positions and thus more likely to become involved in crime. They also had a relatively independent status and led remarkably public lives. Manon van der Heijden convincingly shows that it is the very combination of women’s vulnerability and independence that accounts for the high female crime rates in Holland between 1600 and 1800.Trade Review"Stilistisch angenehm schnörkellos geschrieben bzw. von David McKay in flüssiges und leicht lesbares Englisch übersetzt, bietet van der Heijden eine deskriptive Synthese des empirischen Forschungsstands. Jedes Kapitel schließt mit einer konzisen Zusammenfassung. Ein gut durchdachtes Sachregister erleichtert die schnelle Orientierung über die jeweiligen thematischen Aspekte." Francisca Loetz, Zürich, in: Zeitschrift für Historische Forschung 45 (2018) 1, pp. 167-169. "This book is the product of Van der Heijden’s wide-ranging research interests and is a great contribution to several academic fields. I recommended it for anyone interested in crime, Dutch law, marriage, and women during the early modern period." Amanda Pipkin, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, in: Renaissance Quarterly, Volume LXX, No. 4, pp. 1570-1571. "In Women and Crime in Early Modern Holland, Manon Van der Heydenconvincingly tackles some persistent assumptions about the criminal behavior of early modern women. [...] Smoothly combining legal history, gender history and social and economic history, the author discusses the daily experiences, worries – such as poverty – and aspirations of early modern female criminals. [...] The wealth of information combined with constant comparing of early modern crimes with their current definitions ensures that this book is of value for both professionals and the broader public." Ans Vervaeke, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, in: BMGN - Low Countries Historical Review, Volume 133 (2018), review 44. "Anyone interested in crime, urbanization, or gender history can profit from reading this volume. Van der Heijden is a reliable guide to the situation in the cities of Holland, to the status of women, and to the complexities of the Dutch legal system. Mary Lindemann, University of Miami, in: EMWJ, Vol. 13, No. 1 (Fall 2018), pp. 233-236.Table of ContentsSeries Editors’ Preface ... vii Preface ... ix List of Graphs, Tables and Figures ... xi 1 Research on Criminal Women in Holland from 1550 to 1800 ... 1 Crime Figures in the Early Modern Period ... 2 Explanations for Female Crime ... 9 The Criminal Woman Vanishes ... 13 The Special Position of Holland ... 17 2 Crime and Punishment ... 24 Serious Crimes ... 25 Administration of Justice ... 28 Criminal Procedure ... 32 Settlements with the Public Prosecutor ... 35 Sentencing ... 38 Reporting Crime and Chances of Arrest ... 44 The Importance of Honor and Reputation ... 46 3 Infanticide ... 48 Prosecution for Infanticide ... 51 Unwed Motherhood ... 56 Money and Honor ... 58 Driven by Desperation ... 60 4 Women and Petty Theft ... 62 Diffferences between Men and Women ... 63 A Consumer Revolution in Theft ... 69 Poverty as a Motive for Theft ... 72 5 Aggressive Women in the Neighborhood ... 77 Violence: A Male Crime? ... 78 Statistics on Women and Violence ... 82 Patterns of Violence by Women ... 87 A Public Life ... 91 6 Promiscuous Women ... 98 What are Sexual Offfenses? ... 99 Legislation ... 103 Carnal Intercourse ... 106 Cohabitation ... 110 Compelled by Circumstances ... 111 Adultery ... 113 The Hard Lives of Sailors’ Wives ... 119 Outside Assistance ... 122 7 Against Authority ... 128 Women’s Role in Unrest ... 129 Begging ... 135 Tax Evasion ... 138 8 Victim or Perpetrator? ... 140 Rape and Assault ... 141 Incest ... 148 Domestic Violence ... 152 Conclusions ... 160 Bibliography ... 165 Index ... 178

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Book SynopsisReflecting current trends in scholarly analysis of evil and the feminine, the chapters contained in Re-visiting Female Evil focus upon various ‘re-interpretations’ of evil femininities as a cultural signifier of agency, transgression and crisis, re-interpreting them through rewriting of ‘other’ stories, hermeneutic re-interpretations of ancient/classical texts, and revised film/ stage adaptations. These papers illustrate how gendered cultural myths of women’s intrinsic connection to evil still persist in today’s patriarchal society, though in variant and updated forms. Mischievous, beguiling, seductive, lascivious, unruly, carping, vengeful and manipulative – from the Disney princess to the murderous Medea, these authors grapple with our understanding of what it is to be and do ‘evil’, exploring the possible sources of the fear and hatred of women and the feminine as well as their continual fascination and appeal, and how these manifest in a range of 'real life' and fictional narratives that cross times, cultures and media.

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Book SynopsisThis volume in honour of Stephen Ellis is a follow-up to the public presentation of his book on the history of organised crime in Nigeria This Present Darkness (Hurst, 2016) at the University of Lagos, Nigeria on 28 October 2016. In addition to four papers, and a book review presented at this colloquium, other contributions about crime in Nigeria have been added, written by Nigerian authors. In July 2015 Stephen died, and he has worked on This Present Darkness almost to his last moments, as a senior researcher of the African Studies Centre in Leiden. This book also contains a tribute to his life and work written by his wife and scholar Gerrie ter Haar. Contributors include: A.E Akintayo, Jackson Aluede, Franca Attoh, Ayodele Atsenuwa, Edmund Chilaka, Samson Folarin, Gerrie ter Haar, Ayodeji Olukoju, Abiodun Oluwadare, Paul Osifodunrin and Leo Enahoro Otoide.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction  Rufus Akinyele and Ton Dietz 1 Stephen Ellis: His Life and Work  Gerrie ter Haar 2 Theft in Early Colonial Lagos, 1861–1906  Paul Osifodunrin 3 Smuggling across the Nigeria–Benin Border and Its Impact on Nigeria’s Economic Development  Jackson A. Aluede 4 Changing Patterns of Crime and Malfeasance in Nigerian Port Environments since the 1990s  Edmund Chilaka 5 Nature and Management of Human Trafficking: The Nigerian Edo People’s Experience  Leo Otoide 6 Militancy and Criminality in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria  Abiodun Oluwadare 7 Crime at the University of Lagos: Insights from Akoka Campus  Franca Attoh 8 Reporting Crime in Contemporary Lagos  Samson Folarin 9 Currency Counterfeiting and “Substantial Justice” In Colonial Nigeria: Rex vs Tijani Ali, 1931–33  Ayodeji Olukoju 10 Class Based Criminal Justice Regime, Supermarket Courts, and Illicit Interests: The Nigerian Criminal Justice Administration System in Critical Perspective  A.E. Akintayo Book Review This Present Darkness: A History of Nigerian Organised Crime Authored by Stephen Ellis (London: Hurst and Co, 2016)  Ayo Atsenuwa Short CV Books Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume is in honor of William J. Chambliss who has influenced and provided a foundation for new directions and approaches in sociology, criminology, critical criminology in particular, and the sociology of law. This is to name a few of the many inspirational and foundational ways he has changed the course and methods for generations to come, inspiring not only the editors and contributors of this volume. Each of the chapters detail various ways Bill’s work has impacted on our own perspectives and/or research including, but not limited to, the way we understand the value of non-traditional methods, law and power, the very definition of crime, organized crime, and unmasking the power structures and powerful that cause inequality, social ills and pains. Contributors are: Elizabeth A. Bradshaw, Meredith Brown, William J. Chambliss, Francis T. Cullen, Jeff Ferrell, David O. Friedrichs, Mark S. Hamm, Ronald C. Kramer, Teresa C. Kulig, Raymond Michalowski, Christopher J. Moloney, Ida Nafstad, Sarah Pedigo, Gary Potter, Isabel Schoultz.Table of ContentsPreface List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors 1 Toward a Sociology of Organizational Criminal Conspiracies  William J. Chambliss and Christopher J. Moloney 2 Organized Crime and the Sociological Imagination  Gary Potter 3 Notes on the Art of Deception: the Crime Ethnography of William J. Chambliss  Mark S. Hamm and Jeff Ferrell 4 Kate’s Law: the Social Construction of Crime in the Trump Era  Teresa C. Kulig and Francis T. Cullen 5 Old Wine, New Bottles: Contextualizing Trump’s Regulatory Rollback  Raymond Michalowski and Meredith Brown 6 ‘Blood for Oil’: Analyzing America’s War for the Greater Middle East as a Climate Crime of Empire  Ronald C. Kramer 7 Green State Crimes and Toxic Prisons: Synthesizing Environmental Harms at the Intersection of the Military and Prison Industrial Complexes  Elizabeth A. Bradshaw 8 Make Our Enemy—Kill Our Enemy: the Creation of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria: From Realpolitik to Biopolitics to Necropolitics  Sarah Pedigo and David O. Friedrichs 9 Whose Law? What Order? Struggles within Juridical Fields  Ida Nafstad and Isabel Schoultz Index

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