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In this Handbook, editor Philip Reichel has brought together renowned scholars from around the world to offer various perspectives providing global coverage of the increasingly transnational nature of crime and the attempts to provide cooperative cross-national responses. This volume not only has a comprehensive introduction to the topic of transnational crime but also provides specific examples such as international terrorism, drug trafficking, and money laundering to illustrate this ever expanding phenomenon. The Handbook also examines cross-national and international efforts by police, courts, international agencies, and correctional authorities to deal with transnational crime. Part IV concludes the book by addressing emerging issues in transnational crime and justice with particular attention given to transnational organized crime in all regions of the world.
Comparative Overview of Policing, Courts, and Corrections
Comparative Overview of Policing, Courts, and Corrections
Elements of criminal justice systems such as the police, courts and prisons are found in almost all countries, albeit their names may be different.
All countries have the three primary parts of the modern criminal justice system: police, courts and prisons.
In the summer of 1966, 3 years before astronauts landed on the moon, a U.N. subcommittee examined the “Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.” Among the committee's recommendations was that “All nations must help one another in emergencies involving interplanetary travel or travelers” (Chang, 1976, p. 51). From today's vantage point, the whole notion of interplanetary cooperation between nations seems naïve if not delusory, particularly in ...
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