The Routledge Handbook of International Crime and Justice Studies PDF

The Routledge Handbook of International Crime and Justice Studies presents the enduring debates and emerging challenges in crime and justice studies from an international and multi-disciplinary perspective.

Guided by the pivotal, although vastly under-examined, role that consumerism, politics, technology, and culture assume in shaping these debates and in organizing these challenges, individual chapters probe the global landscape of crime and justice with astonishing clarity and remarkable depth.

A distinguished collection of experts examine the interdisciplinary field of international crime and justice.

Their contributions are divided into thematic sections, including: theory, culture, and societyindustries of crime and justice: systems of policing, law, corrections and punishmentthe criminal enterpriseglobal technologiesmedia, crime, and culturegreen criminologypolitical violencepublic health criminologythe political economy of crime and justice. All the chapters include full pedagogy and instructional resources for easy referencing or classroom use.

This Handbook will be useful for students, scholars and practitioners of law, medicine, history, economics, sociology, politics, philosophy, education, public health, and social policy.