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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.
Comparing Crime and Justice
Comparing Crime and Justice
During the past two decades, crime has moved from being primarily a domestic social problem to one that is more global in nature. The globalization of economy, opening of previously restricted borders, the exponential growth in information technology, and widespread transcontinental mobility all helped crime to transcend national boundaries.
Two academic disciplines with particular interest in these issues are criminology and criminal justice. These fields of study have much in common but are clearly distinguished. Criminologists are interested in crime as a social phenomenon (e.g., the spread and distribution of crime) and as social behavior (e.g., why people engage in criminal acts). Criminal justice scholars are interested in the people and procedures established by a government in its ...
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