Criminal Justice and Political Cultures

National and International Dimensions of Crime Control
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-1-84392-026-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 658 g

As crime increasingly crosses national boundaries, and international co-operation takes firmer shape, so the development of ideas and policy on the control of crime has become an increasingly international and transnational affair. These developments call attention not just to the many points of convergence in the languages and practices of crime control but also to their persistent differences.

This book is concerned both with the very specific issue of 'policy transfer' within the crime control arena, and with the issues raised by a more broadly conceptualized idea of comparative policy analysis. The contributions in the book examine the different ways in which ostensibly similar vocabularies, policies and practices are taken up and applied in the distinct settings they encounter.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Newburn, Tim

Sparks, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Criminal Justice and Political Cultures 2. Durkheim, Tarde and Beyond: The Global Travel of Crime Policies 3. Globalising Risk? Distinguishing Styles of 'Neoliberal' Criminal Justice in Australia and the USA 4. Policing, Securitisation and Democratisation in Europe 5. The Cultural Embeddedness of Social Control: Reflections on a Comparison of Italian and North American Cultures Concerning Punishment 6. Controlling Measures: The Repackaging of Common-sense Opposition to Women's Imprisonment in England and Canada 7. The Convergence of US and UK Crime Control Policy: Exploring Substance and Process 8. Youth Justice: Globalisation and Multi-modal Governance 9. Importing Criminological Ideas in a New Democracy: Recent South African Experiences 10. Policy Transfer in Local Crime Control: Beyond Nave Emulation 11. Containment, Quality of Life and Crime Reduction: Policy Transfers in the Policing of a Heroin Market

Über Autor(innen)

Tim Newburn is Professor of Criminology and Social Policy, and Head of the Social Policy Department at the London School of Economics, UK.

Richard Sparks is Professor of Criminology and Co-Director of the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, UK.