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Informationen zum Autor Cyndi Banks is Associate Vice President of Student Success at Capilano University in Canada. She spent 16 years as a professor of criminology and criminal justice and Dean of University College at Northern Arizona University. She has more than 24 years’ experience of research and project implementation in developing countries in the fields of juvenile justice, probation, justice policy, and child rights. She has worked as a criminologist in Papua New Guinea, Bangladesh, Iraq, Kurdistan, Timor Leste, Sudan, and Myanmar. She is the author of numerous articles and books, including Criminal Justice Ethics; Youth, Crime and Justice; Developing Cultural Criminology: Theory and Practice in Papua New Guinea; Alaska Native Juveniles in Detention; Comparative, International, and Global Justice: Perspectives From Criminology and Criminal Justice; and most recently , Prisons in the United States . James Baker is a British lawyer now resident in the United States. He holds an LL.M. from London University with a specialization in law and development and has 30 years of experience working as a lawyer and researching rule of law and access to justice issues in Papua New Guinea, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Iraq, Malawi, Sierra Leone, Fiji, and Timor Leste. Klappentext Comparative, International and Global Justice: Perspectives from Criminology and Criminal Justice Zusammenfassung Using case studies and country profiles! this book places issues into social and cultural contexts and encourages students to think critically about the topics presented Inhaltsverzeichnis CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION Terminology Why Study Global Justice Issues? Globalization New International Crimes Overview of the Text CHAPTER 2: COMPARATIVE CRIMINAL JUSTICE: COMPARING CRIME ACROSS COUNTRIES Comparing Criminal Justice: Methodological Issues International Crime Data Countries with Low Crime Rates: Japan and Saudi Arabia What can be Learned from Comparing International Data? How does the U.S Compare Internationally? CHAPTER 3: SYSTEMS OF LAW: COMMON LAW, CIVIL LAW, SOCIALIST LAW, ISLAMIC LAW, INDIGENOUS LAW Common Law Systems Civil Law Systems The Role of Revolution and Governance in Shaping Law Socialist Legal Systems Islamic Law Systems Indigenous Legal Systems CHAPTER 4: POLICING Organizing Policing Civilian and Military Policing Models Colonial Policing Democratic Policing Case Studies of Policing: Russia and China Policing in Russia Policing in the People's Republic of China Transnational Policing and International Cooperation on Policing Policing Through Global Surveillance and the Management of Risk CHAPTER 5: COURTS AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Adversarial, Inquisitorial and Hybrid Systems of Criminal Justice Inquisitorial Procedure in France Reforming the Inquisitorial Model: Latin America Reforming the Inquisitorial Model: Russia and Eastern Europe Criminal Law and Procedure in China Prosecutors and the Prosecution Function CHAPTER 6: PUNISHMENT The Rationale for Punishment Punitive Punishment Capital Punishment Comparing Punishments Punishment in the West: Social, Historical and Cultural Background Colonial Punishment Regimes Criminal Punishment in Japan Criminal Punishment in China CHAPTER 7: JUVENILE JUSTICE Childhood, Criminal Responsibility and Juvenile Justice Systems Juvenile Justice Systems: Commonalities and Trends Juvenile Justice Systems: France, Japan and China France Japan People's Republic of China Globalizing Juvenile Justice Systems CHAPTER 8: TRANSIT...
