Full Description
This book examines the issues of crime and its control in the twenty-first century - an era of human history where people live in an increasingly interconnected and interdependent world - providing invaluable and first-hand readings for undergraduate and postgradate students.
Contents
Introduction; I: Comparative Criminology; 1: International Crime Trends; 2: The use of National Crime Statistics in Comparative Research; Ireland and Scotland Compared; 3: Relativism, Transnationalisation and Comparative Criminology; II: Area Studies; 4: Crime and Social Control in Saudi Arabia; 5: Crime, Criminology and Post-Colonial Theory; 6: Some Critical Reflections on the Governance of Crime in Post-Apartheid South Africa; 7: Critical Realist Reflections on Crime and Social Control in Singapore; 8: Crime and Criminal Justice in China 1949-99; III: Transnational Crime Issues; 9: Transnational Organised Crime; 10: Transnational White Collar Crime; 11: Transnationalisation and Corruption; Some Theoretical and Practical Implications; 12: Sex Trafficking in the European Union; IV: Transnational Control Responses; 13: Understanding Global Trends in Policing; 14: The Evolution of European Policing Strategies in Response to Transnational Crime; V: Conclusion; 15: Globalisation, Reflexivity and the Practice of Criminology
