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The World of Crime Breaking the Silence on Problems of Security, Justice and Development Across the World
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""This book is important for students who want to put domestic crime and justice issues and criminological theories in an international perspective....It is more than likely that this book will als...
""This book is important for students who want to put domestic crime and justice issues and criminological theories in an international perspective....It is more than likely that this book will also interest all those who are professionally or privately interested in issues of crime, corruption, terrorism, law enforcement, criminal justice and sustainable development.""-Johnson Thomas, BUSINESS INDIAIn today's interdependent world, governments must become more transparent about their crime and justice problems. The World of Crime: Breaking the Silence on Problems of Security, Justice and Deve
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- English
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- 1st ed
- Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2007
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- 1 online resource (457 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9781483376752, 1483376753, 1322299854, 1412956781
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- Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; PART I - The Challenge of Measuring Crime Internationally; 1 - The Need for Better Crime Diagnostics; 2 - Mismeasuring Crime: A Technical Note With Far-Reaching Implications; PART II - Common Crimes Across the World; 3 - The Burden of Property Crime; 4 - Patterns of Violent Crime; 5 - Determinants of Common Crimes; 6 - Global Trends and Regional Profiles; PART III - Emerging Global Crime Threats; 7 - Assessing Organized Crime; 8 - Other Global Security Threats: Corruption, Terrorism, and Cybercrime
- PART IV - International Trends in Criminal Justice 9 - Law Enforcement, Crime Prevension, and Victim Assistance; 10 - Courts and Sentencing; 11 - Corrections: A Global Perspective; PART V - International Perspectives on Crime and Justice; 12 - Security, Rule of Law, and Sustainable Development; 13 - Crime and Justice: The Need for Global Reform; Appendix A - Data Sources; Appendix B - Data Tables; References; Index; About the Author