Comprehensive, critical and accessible, Criminology: A Sociological Introduction offers an
authoritative overview of the study of criminology, from early theoretical perspectives to …

Most comparative penology books to date have fallen into one of two categories. Some (for
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Law and Society provides a balanced and comprehensive analysis of the interplay between
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The Eleventh Edition of bestselling Introduction to Criminology: Theories, Methods, and
Criminal Behavior provides students with a comprehensive introduction to the study of …

Part One presents descriptions of the families of law and the historical development of the
legal systems of the model nations. Part One is essential as background for the remaining …

In this edition of Comparative Criminal Justice Systems, a descriptive approach is
undertaken in the understanding of comparative and international criminal justice issues …

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 …

Since the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in 1998,
international criminal law has rapidly grown in importance. This three-volume treatise on …

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Prisons have undoubtedly changed over the years, as have penal practices in general,
though more so in some countries than others. Prisons and prison systems have long been …