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The World of Crime: Breaking the Silence on Problems of Security, Justice, and Development Across the World (in English)
Jan J. M. Van Dijk
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Sage Publications, Inc
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The World of Crime: Breaking the Silence on Problems of Security, Justice, and Development Across the World (in English) - Van Dijk, Jan J. M.
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Synopsis "The World of Crime: Breaking the Silence on Problems of Security, Justice, and Development Across the World (in English)"
"This book is important for students who want to put domestic crime and justice issues and criminological theories in an international perspective....It is more than likely that this book will also interest all those who are professionally or privately interested in issues of crime, corruption, terrorism, law enforcement, criminal justice and sustainable development."--Johnson Thomas, BUSINESS INDIAIn today′s interdependent world, governments must become more transparent about their crime and justice problems. The World of Crime: Breaking the Silence on Problems of Security, Justice and Development Across the World seeks to break the "conspiracy of silence" regarding statistical information on these sensitive issues. It subsequently analyzes the macro causes of crime such as rapid urbanization, economic inequality, gender discrimination, abuse of alcohol, and drugs and availability of guns. Furthermore, the book analyzes the impact of crime on individuals and societies. Using a wealth of statistical information, the author underlines the need of greater international efforts to tackle transnational problems of crime.Key FeaturesPresents 13 chapters, which are organized in 4 main parts, that cover measurement challenges, common crimes, emerging global crimes, criminal justice, and international perspectives on crime and justiceContains statistical data taken from 2005 International Crime Victim SurveysIncludes high quality figures such as scatter plots, graphs, and mapsFeatures summary reviews and figure footnotes at the ends of each chapterIntended Audience The book is intended as a supplementary text for introduction to criminology, criminal justice, and comparative justice courses and is also appropriate for those professionally interested in security, criminal justice and development.
