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Juvenile Justice
Juvenile justice has been and remains a topical issue at national and international levels. There are various standards and guidelines for administration, but six major models characterize juvenile justice systems worldwide: participatory, welfare, corporatism, modified justice, justice, and crime control. Juvenile Justice: International Perspectives, Models, and Trends presents contributions by authors from different countries in all five continents employing these six models. The book begins with a comprehensive overview of the topic and the various international standards and guidelines designed to inform juvenile justice practices. This introduction is followed by chapters on individual ...
Juvenile Justice Systems
Annotation By the year 2000 more than 50% of the world population will be under the age of 15 (9th UN Congress, 1995) Youth crime is increasing around the worl d(9th UN Congress, 1995) In September 1997, Canadian Justice Minister, Anne McLellan, declared youth justice as a top priority. These and similar facts speak to the urgency for society to study youth crime and examine youth justice systems from a comparative perspective. As our world gets smaller, we discover the urgency and importance of sharing and learning at a global level. This collection offers a unique opportunity to examine six different juvenile justice systems and youth crime around the world. All eleven articles are origina...
Human Trafficking
Human trafficking is a crime that undermines fundamental human rights and a broader sense of global order. It is an atrocity that transcends borders—with some regions known as exporters of trafficking victims and others recognized as destination countries. Edited by three global experts and composed of the work of an esteemed panel of contributors, Human Trafficking: Exploring the International Nature, Concerns, and Complexities examines techniques used to protect and support victims of trafficking as well as strategies for prosecution of offenders. Topics discussed include: How data on human trafficking should be collected and analyzed, and how data collection can be improved through prop...
Canadian Criminology
Taking a well-rounded, interdisciplinary approach, Canadian Criminology draws on a wealth of research, theory, examples, and the latest Canadian statistics to provide a comprehensive and accessible overview of the field today. Canadian Criminology offers students the foundation they need tothink critically about how we define criminal acts, why these acts occur, and what Canadian society should do about it.
Crime Prevention
This text presents an international approach to the study of crime prevention. It offers an expansive overview of crime prevention initiatives and how they are applied across a wide range of themes and infractions, from conventional to non-conventional forms of crime. Based on a review of the literature, this is the first text to offer a broad, yet comprehensive, examination of how and why crime prevention has gained considerable traction as an alternative to conventional criminal justice practices of crime control in developed countries, and to provide a cross-sectional view of how crime prevention has been applied and how effective such initiatives have been. Crime Prevention: International Perspectives, Issues, and Trends is suitable for undergraduate students in criminology and criminal justice programs, as well as for graduates and undergraduates in special topics courses.
Racist Victimization
This book investigates the phenomenon of racist victimization in a number of countries, uncovering and analyzing its historical roots, its relation to the legal system in a particular national context, its extent and the response to it. Through the international comparative approach adopted and the broad geographical range of studies presented, including national settings which have so far been largely ignored by the literature on racist victimization, the volume offers a truly international perspective on an important social, political and academic issue. As such, Racist Victimization: International Reflections and Perspectives will constitute essential reading not only for sociologists and socio-legal scholars, but for anyone working in the field of race and ethnicity, crime and justice, criminology, victimology or policing.
Border Security in the Al-Qaeda Era
The events of 9/11 and other ongoing terrorist threats have taken interest in national security and border security to a heightened level of concern. An exploration of the trends and transformation of border security in the aftermath of 9/11, Border Security in the Al-Qaeda Era presents one of the first comprehensive analyses of not only the impact and consequence of 9/11 on border security but also its effects within the broader international context. Featuring contributions by an array of international experts, this volume explores border security in nine countries, ranging from those with conventional practices to those with approaches that represent the antithesis of the western world. I...
Lessons from International/comparative Criminology/criminal Justice
This book is an anthology of 14 contributions who discuss their careers and specialities in criminal justice, and speculate on where the field is heading. Authors also offer their advice and experiences to students who might be interested in the general discipline.
The Complete Athlete
Fitness, Nutrition and Natural health.
Adult Corrections in Canada, Second Edition
Adult Corrections in Canada is designed to meet the needs of introductory courses in criminology, criminal justice, and police foundations. Written by leading educators and practitioners, inside you will fi nd a comprehensive and time sensitive overview of adult correction that traces the historical roots of Canadian corrections to its current expression. Like all areas of the criminal justice system, corrections is constantly evolving and is infl uenced by economic, political, and social events. The authors contextualize these elements with key research and challenge us to examine the pros and cons of some of the classic debates in corrections, such as the use of custody versus community al...
