Crime and Crime Control: A Global View / Edition 1

by Gregg Barak

Overview

Are crime rates rising or falling around the world? Are specific types of crime more prevalent in some cultures than others? Do different cultures vary greatly in their attitudes toward crime prevention? Students will find answers to these and similar questions in this unique resource of 15 case studies exploring the problems of crime and crime control in different countries, ranging from Germany to Ghana, to around the world. Cross-cultural comparisons examine the history, the public perceptions, contemporary problems, and the future of crime and crime control in each country. The comparisons also provide readers with the opportunity to discover both the many differences and the many similarities that exist among the different cultures in their rates of crime, forms of prevention, and attitudes toward it.

Each of the 15 chapters opens with a brief overview, which includes the type of government and the living environment of the country to introduce readers to the population. The countries were chosen to represent every region of the world and to provide as broad a picture as possible when exploring the issues presented by the problem of crime and different cultures' efforts to control it. The user-friendly format of the volume, with each chapter following the same outline, makes it easy for readers to compare specific aspects among the 15 cultures. These different views of the crime problem around the world and what it means to different people will help students to understand it in a broad sense as a social issue that affects all of humanity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313306815
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	06/30/2000
Series:	A World View of Social Issues
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.81(d)
Lexile:	1400L (what's this?)

About the Author

GREGG BARAK is Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology at Eastern Michigan University. He is the author of many books on crime and criminal justice, as well as Gimme Shelter: A Social History of Homelessness in Contemporary America (Praeger, 1991).

Table of Contents

Introduction by Gregg Barak
Brazil (Developing Nation-State) by Emillio E. Dellasoppa
China (Developing Nation-State) by Mark Gaylord
Germany (Developed Nation-State) by Hans-Jorg Albrecht and Raymond Teska
Ghana (Post-Traditional Nation-State) by Chris Abotchie and Obi N. Ignatius Ebbe
India (Developing Nation-State) by S. George Vicentnathan
Iran (Developing Nation-State) by Hamid R. Kusha
Navajo Nation (Post-Traditional Nation-State) by Jon'a F. Meyer and James Zion
Netherlands (Developed Nation-State) by Henk van de Bunt and Ineke Haen Marshall
New Zealand (Developed Nation-State) by George Pavlich
Nigeria (Post-Traditional Nation-State) by Obi N. Ignatius Ebbe
Poland (Developing Nation-State) by Wojciech Cebulak and Emil Plywaczewski
Russia (Developing Nation-State) by William Alex Pridemore
Taiwan (Developed Nation-State) by Mayling Maria Chu
United Kingdom (Developed Nation-State) by Nic Groombridge
United States (Developed Nation-State) by Gary Feinberg
Index