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020 _a9780313351334
050 _aHV 6025
_b.C868 2010
245 0 _aCrime and punishment around the world /
_cMarcelo F. Aebi and Veronique Jaquier, volume editors ; Graeme R. Newman, general editor.
260 _aSanta Barbara, Calif. :
_bABC-CLIO,
_cc2010.
300 _a4 v. :
_bill., maps
_c29 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 _av. 1. Africa and the Middle East -- v. 2. The Americas -- v. 3. Asia and Pacific -- v. 4. Europe.
520 _aThis 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.
650 _aCrime.
650 _aCriminal justice, Administration of.
_922281
650 _aPunishment.
_983676
700 _aAebi, Marcelo F.
_9114010
700 _aJaquier, Veronique.
_9114011
700 _aNewman, Graeme R.
_9105575
942 _cREF
999 _c79768
_d79768