International handbook of penology and criminal justice /
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| Imprint: | Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, c2008. |
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| Description: | xxvii, 772 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6676630 |
Table of Contents:
- Contributors
- Introduction
- 1. Punishment and Culture
- 2. Prisons and Jails
- 3. Suicide in Prisons and Jails
- 4. Hit 'Em Where It Hurts: Monetary and Nontraditional Punitive Sanctions
- 5. The Death Penalty: The Movement toward Worldwide Abolition
- 6. Probation, Parole, and Community Corrections: An International Perspective
- 7. Crime Prevention
- 8. Situational Crime Prevention
- 9. Early Developmental Crime Prevention
- 10. Deterrence and Deterrence Experiences: Preventing Crime through the Threat of Punishment
- 11. Retribution and Retaliation
- 12. Reparation, Compensation, and Restitution: Our Best Explanations
- 13. The Police
- 14. What Can Police Do to Reduce Crime, Disorder, and Fear?
- 15. When States Do Not Extradite: Gaps in the Global Web of Formal Social Control
- 16. A Comparative Look at the Roles and Functions of the Prosecution and Defense in Western Trial Systems
- 17. Sentencing Structure and Reform in Common Law Jurisdictions
- 18. Victims and Victimization
- 19. Restorative Justice: An Alternative for Responding to Crime?
- 20. The Practice of Victim Offender Mediation: A Look at the Evidence
- 21. Lenient Justice? Punishing White-Collar and Corporate Crime
- 22. The Third Wave: American Sex Offender Policies since the 1990s
- Index
