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Informationen zum Autor Cindy J. Smith is a retired faculty member of the University of Baltimore, Maryland, USA, the former Chief of the International Center at the National Institute of Justice (2006–8), and a Senior Fulbright Research Scholar in Turkey (2005–6). She was the Director of the Master's in Criminal Justice program (2001–5), and Chair of the International Division of the American Society of Criminology (2005–9). Her research interests include terrorism, human trafficking, corrections, sex offenders, and comparative methodology. Sheldon X. Zhang is Professor of Sociology at San Diego State University. His research interests include criminal enterprise, transnational organized crime, community corrections, and program evaluation. He has authored three books and his articles have appeared in Criminology , British Journal of Criminology , Research in Crime and Delinquency , Criminology and Public Policy , and Crime and Delinquency . Rosemary Barberet is an associate professor in the Sociology Department at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY), where she directs the Master's program in International Crime and Justice. Her publications have dealt with victimology, crime measurement, and comparative methodology. She is the recipient of the 2006 Herbert Bloch Award of the American Society of Criminology. Klappentext This Handbook showcases the latest thinking and findings from a group of senior and promising young scholars around the world who have come together in an effort to broaden our perspectives in understanding crime and social control across borders and nationalities. Zusammenfassung This Handbook showcases the latest thinking and findings from a group of senior and promising young scholars around the world who have come together in an effort to broaden our perspectives in understanding crime and social control across borders and nationalities. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Progress of International Criminology Cindy J. Smith, Sheldon X. Zhang and Rosemary Barberet Part 1: Methods and Theories 2. Introduction to International Research Challenges Cindy J. Smith 3. Doing Criminology in the 'Semi-periphery' and the 'Periphery': In Search of a Post-Colonial Criminology Juanjo Medina 4. International Criminology: Qualitative Research on Polluted Actors Martha Huggins 5. Quantitative Criminology: Crime and Justice Statistics Across Nations Jan van Dijk 6. The Campbell Collaboration Crime and Justice Group: A Decade of Progress David P. Farrington, David L. Weisburd and Charlotte E. Gill 7. A Question of Good Governance? Developments in Crime Prevention Internationally Jacqui Karn 8. Transferring Wester Theory: A Comparative and Culture-Sensitive Perspective of Crime Research in China Lening Zhang 9. The Legacy of Interpol Crime Data to Cross-National Criminology Rosemary Barberet 10. Research Methods Overview: The Missing Pieces of Rigorous Research Cindy J. Smith Part 2: Special Topics 11. Introduction to Special Topics in International Criminology Sheldon X. Zhang 12. The Impact of United Nations Crime Conventions on International Co-Operation Matti Joutsen 13. The United Nations and Criminology Slawomir M. Redo 14. International Criminal Courts Harry M. Rhea 15 . International Identity Crime Russell G. Smith 16. Cybercrime and On-Line Safety in Cyberspace Roderic Broadhurst and Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo 17. Immigration and Criminology William F. McDonald 18. Trafficking in Persons Kristina Kangaspunta 19. Trafficking in Antiquities Blythe Bowman Proulx 20. Trafficking of 'Conflict Diamonds' Dina Siegel 21. Conceptualizing and...
