Transnational and Comparative Criminology

by Sheptycki; James

• ISBN13: 9781904385059
• ISBN10: 1904385052
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2005-04-06
• Publisher: Cavendish Pub Ltd

Summary

This book examines the issues of crime and its control in the 21st century - an era of human history where people live in an increasingly interconnected and interdependent world. It is one of the very few books that examines crime and its control in a global and translational context. The volume contains 15 chapters, which are written by well-established academic criminologists from different parts of the world.The book is divided into four main parts. Part one of the book provides an analytical account of the nature of comparative and transnational criminology. It examines the key issue of cultural relativism, sources of cross-national crime data, and cross-national comparison of crime statistics. Part two focuses on an examination of crime and social control issues in selected regions, or countries. It examines crime and social control in Saudi Arabia, Singapore, China, Post-Apartheid South Africa, and West Africa. Part three focuses on the analyses of major transnational crime issues. It analyses organised crime, corruption, trafficking in humans, and white-collar crime in a global context. Part four provides a critical examination of transnational and global responses to transnational crime. This part of the book analyses transnational policing strategies. This book will provide invaluable and first-hand readings for undergraduate and post-gradate students in criminology, law, sociology, and international relations. It will also be a very useful source of information and analyses for domestic and international law enforcement institutions.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	vii
Introduction: Transnational and Comparative Criminology in a Global Perspective	1	(18)
James Hardie-Bick
James Sheptycki
Ali Wardak
PART 1 COMPARATIVE CRIMINOLOGY
International Crime Trends: Sources of Comparative Crime Data and Post-War Trends in Western Europe	19	(30)
Lars Westfelt
Felipe Estrada
The Use of National Crime Statistics in Comparative Research; Ireland and Scotland Compared	49	(20)
Peter Young
Relativism, Transnationalisation and Comparative Criminology	69	(22)
James Sheptycki
PART 2 AREA STUDIES
Crime and Social Control in Saudi Arabia	91	(26)
Ali Wardak
Crime, Criminology and Post-Colonial Theory: Criminological Reflections on West Africa	117	(18)
Biko Agozino
Some Critical Reflections on the Governance of Crime in Post-Apartheid South Africa	135	(22)
Anne-Marie Singh
Critical Realist Reflections on Crime and Social Control in Singapore	157	(22)
Narayanan Ganapathy
Crime and Criminal Justice in China 1949--99	179	(32)
Carol Jones
PART 3 TRANSNATIONAL CRIME ISSUES
Transnational Organised Crime	211	(16)
Adam Edwards
Transnational White Collar Crime	227	(20)
Hazel Croall
Transnationalisation and Corruption; Some Theoretical and Practical Implications	247	(22)
Bill Tupman
Sex Trafficking in the European Union	269	(18)
Jo Goodey
PART 4 TRANSNATIONAL CONTROL RESPONSES
Understanding Global Trends in Policing: Explanatory and Normative Dimensions	287	(30)
Jennifer Wood
Michael Kempa
The Evolution of European Policing Strategies in Response to Transnational Crime	317	(20)
Paul Norman
CONCLUSION
Globalisation, Reflexivity and the Practice of Criminology	337	(20)
Janet Chan
Index	357