Comparative criminal justice /
Author / Creator: | Pakes, Francis J., author. |
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Edition: | Third Edition. |
Imprint: | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2015. ©2015 |
Description: | 248 pages ; 24 cm |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10139934 |
Summary: | This book offers an accessible introduction to comparative criminal justice and examines and reflects on the ways different countries and jurisdictions deal with the main stages in the criminal justice process, from policing to sentencing. This popular bestseller has been fully updated and expanded for the third edition. The new edition has been fully updated to keep abreast with this growing field of study and research, including increased coverage of the challenge of globalization and its role and influence on criminal justice systems around the world. Topics such as state crime, genocide and the international criminal court have also grown in prominence since the publication of the last edition and are given increased coverage. |
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Item Description: | First published by Willan 2004. |
Physical Description: | 248 pages ; 24 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [216]-237) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780415826273 0415826276 9780415826297 0415826292 |