TY - BOOK ID - 70467341 TI - Comparative criminal justice PY - 2019 SN - 1351708260 9781315175942 1315175940 9781351708265 9781351708258 1351708252 9781351708272 1351708279 9781138039346 9781138039353 1138039349 1138039357 PB - London Routledge DB - UniCat KW - Criminal justice, Administration of UR - http://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:70467341 AB - This book offers a scholarly introduction to comparative criminal justice. It examines and reflects on the ways different countries and jurisdictions deal with the main stages in the criminal justice process, from policing, to systems of trial, to sentencing, and punishment. This popular bestseller has been fully updated and expanded for the fourth edition. The new edition has been fully updated to keep abreast with this growing field of study and research, to include a broader coverage of judicial decision makers; a new chapter on the death penalty in comparative perspective; and further coverage of key topics such as global policing and electronic monitoring, and new insights into measuring and understanding crime and punishment globally.In this book, lists of further reading, study questions and boxed case studies help bring comparative criminal justice alive for students and instructors alike. This book is perfect reading for advanced undergraduates and postgraduates taking courses in comparative criminal justice and those who are engaged in the study of global responses to crime. ER -