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This book offers a scholarly and lively introduction to comparative criminal justice. It considers the state of crime globally and examines and reflects on the ways different countries and jurisdictions deal with the main stages in the criminal justice process, from policing to systems of trial, to sentencing, and punishment. This popular bestseller has been fully updated and expanded for the fifth edition. This textbook provides the reader with:

  • A comparative perspective on criminal justice and its main components
  • Insight into methods for comparative research and analysis
  • A discussion of global trends such as the global drop in crime, the punitive turn, penal populism, privatisation, international policing, and international criminal tribunals
  • An understanding of the emerging concepts in comparative criminal justice such as security, surveillance, crimmigration, and penal exceptionalism
  • Global and historical consideration of the death pena

Comparative Criminal Justice

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/1/2024
      ISBN13: 9781032487663, 978-1032487663
      ISBN10: 1032487666
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This book offers a scholarly and lively introduction to comparative criminal justice. It considers the state of crime globally and examines and reflects on the ways different countries and jurisdictions deal with the main stages in the criminal justice process, from policing to systems of trial, to sentencing, and punishment. This popular bestseller has been fully updated and expanded for the fifth edition. This textbook provides the reader with:

      • A comparative perspective on criminal justice and its main components
      • Insight into methods for comparative research and analysis
      • A discussion of global trends such as the global drop in crime, the punitive turn, penal populism, privatisation, international policing, and international criminal tribunals
      • An understanding of the emerging concepts in comparative criminal justice such as security, surveillance, crimmigration, and penal exceptionalism
      • Global and historical consideration of the death pena

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