How do democratic values and institutions impact upon crime and justice? Civic values are promoted in rehabilitation programmes, civil society is emphasised by the government as a crime prevention strategy, and the democratic accountability of policing is often the forefront of the political agenda. How can an understanding of democracy illuminate our understanding of the key issues in the study of criminology and criminal justice? In this exciting and thought-provoking new book, Susanne Karstedt looks at the common link between these issues - democracy - and provides a systematic and accessible analysis of the relationship between our democratic values and how crime and justice is played out in both national and international arenas. Forging new interdisciplinary links between political science and criminology, the book looks at topics from terrorism, violent crime, and corruption, to citizenship, the death penalty and punitiveness. Written for advanced students in criminology, politics, international relations and sociology, this is a compelling text on a growing area of the criminology discipline.

Product Description: Das Buch stellt den Stand der internationalen Forschung zur Soziologie der Kriminalität vor. Es werden zentrale Theorien und Problemfelder diskutiert und neueste Ansätze mit richtungsweisendem Charakter beleuchtet. Mit Beiträgen von Henner Hess, Sebastian Scheerer, David Garland, Steve Messner, John Hagan, Bill McCarthy, Oliver Morgenroth, Klaus Boehnke, Lydia Seus, Gerald Prein, Shadd Maruna, Stephen Farrall, John Braithwaite, Eva Schmitt-Rodermund, Rainer K...read more

Product Description: This book assembles essays by leading scholars in their fields of criminology and socio-legal studies. These scholars explore new directions in contemporary theorising about the impact of social and cultural dynamics on crime and social control...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)