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Informationen zum Autor Katja Franko Aas is professor in Criminology at the Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law at the University of Oslo. Katja's research has been focused on two related areas: the use of advanced information and communication technologies in contemporary crime control strategies, border controls in particular, and globalization processes and their impact on criminology and criminal justice. She has been involved in several research projects and was among other project leader of Crime Control and Technological Culture, funded by the Norwegian Research Council. She is currently working on the project Crime Control in the Borderlands of Europe, funded by the European Research Council's Starting Grants, about the impact of immigration on contemporary criminal justice agencies and patterns of crime control. Klappentext Zusammenfassung Providing readers with coverage of cutting-edge issues from a top name in the field, this book is the ideal resource for study and research in this complex and fast-moving field. Inhaltsverzeichnis Crime, Fear and Social Exclusion in the Global Village Global Mobility and Human Traffic Urban Criminology and the Global City The 'Deviant Immigrant': Migration and Discourse about Crime Global Security and the 'War on Terror' Governing Global Risks Beyond the State: Globalization and State Sovereignty Controlling Cyberspace? Criminology Between the National, Local and Global Towards a Cosmopolitan Criminology?
