
Crime and Crime Control
A Global View
Gregg Barak(Author)
Greenwood Press
Published on 30. June 2000
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-0-313-30681-5 (ISBN)
Description
Are crime rates rising or falling around the world? Are specific types of crime more prevalent in some cultures than others? Do different cultures vary greatly in their attitudes toward crime prevention? Students will find answers to these and similar questions in this unique resource of 15 case studies exploring the problems of crime and crime control in different countries, ranging from Germany to Ghana, to around the world. Cross-cultural comparisons examine the history, the public perceptions, contemporary problems, and the future of crime and crime control in each country. The comparisons also provide readers with the opportunity to discover both the many differences and the many similarities that exist among the different cultures in their rates of crime, forms of prevention, and attitudes toward it.
Each of the 15 chapters opens with a brief overview, which includes the type of government and the living environment of the country to introduce readers to the population. The countries were chosen to represent every region of the world and to provide as broad a picture as possible when exploring the issues presented by the problem of crime and different cultures' efforts to control it. The user-friendly format of the volume, with each chapter following the same outline, makes it easy for readers to compare specific aspects among the 15 cultures. These different views of the crime problem around the world and what it means to different people will help students to understand it in a broad sense as a social issue that affects all of humanity.
Each of the 15 chapters opens with a brief overview, which includes the type of government and the living environment of the country to introduce readers to the population. The countries were chosen to represent every region of the world and to provide as broad a picture as possible when exploring the issues presented by the problem of crime and different cultures' efforts to control it. The user-friendly format of the volume, with each chapter following the same outline, makes it easy for readers to compare specific aspects among the 15 cultures. These different views of the crime problem around the world and what it means to different people will help students to understand it in a broad sense as a social issue that affects all of humanity.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
622 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-313-30681-5 (9780313306815)
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Person
GREGG BARAK is Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology at Eastern Michigan University. He is the author of many books on crime and criminal justice, as well as Gimme Shelter: A Social History of Homelessness in Contemporary America (Praeger, 1991).
Content
Introduction by Gregg Barak Brazil (Developing Nation-State) by Emillio E. Dellasoppa China (Developing Nation-State) by Mark Gaylord Germany (Developed Nation-State) by Hans-Jorg Albrecht and Raymond Teska Ghana (Post-Traditional Nation-State) by Chris Abotchie and Obi N. Ignatius Ebbe India (Developing Nation-State) by S. George Vicentnathan Iran (Developing Nation-State) by Hamid R. Kusha Navajo Nation (Post-Traditional Nation-State) by Jon'a F. Meyer and James Zion Netherlands (Developed Nation-State) by Henk van de Bunt and Ineke Haen Marshall New Zealand (Developed Nation-State) by George Pavlich Nigeria (Post-Traditional Nation-State) by Obi N. Ignatius Ebbe Poland (Developing Nation-State) by Wojciech Cebulak and Emil Plywaczewski Russia (Developing Nation-State) by William Alex Pridemore Taiwan (Developed Nation-State) by Mayling Maria Chu United Kingdom (Developed Nation-State) by Nic Groombridge United States (Developed Nation-State) by Gary Feinberg Index