Crime and punishment around the world /
Crime and punishment around the world /
Marcelo F. Aebi and Veronique Jaquier, volume editors ; Graeme R. Newman, general editor.
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2010.
- 4 v. : ill., maps 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
v. 1. Africa and the Middle East -- v. 2. The Americas -- v. 3. Asia and Pacific -- v. 4. Europe.
This reference material provides descriptions of crimes and justice systems. Essentially, it examines the historical, political, and cultural background, as well as the basic organization of the subject state's legal and criminal justice system. Reports on the types and levels of crime, including murder, burglary, corruption and human trafficking , the processes leading to the finding of guilt, the rights of the accused, alternatives to going to trial, how suspects are prosecuted for their crimes, and the techniques and conditions of typical punishments employed.
9780313351334
Crime.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
Punishment.
HV 6025 / .C868 2010
Includes bibliographical references and index.
v. 1. Africa and the Middle East -- v. 2. The Americas -- v. 3. Asia and Pacific -- v. 4. Europe.
This reference material provides descriptions of crimes and justice systems. Essentially, it examines the historical, political, and cultural background, as well as the basic organization of the subject state's legal and criminal justice system. Reports on the types and levels of crime, including murder, burglary, corruption and human trafficking , the processes leading to the finding of guilt, the rights of the accused, alternatives to going to trial, how suspects are prosecuted for their crimes, and the techniques and conditions of typical punishments employed.
9780313351334
Crime.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
Punishment.
HV 6025 / .C868 2010
