Criminal policy in transition
By: edited by Penny Green, Andrew Rutherford.
Contributors: Green, Penny, 1957-; Rutherford, Andrew, 1940-
Series: On̄ati International series in law and society; Oñati international series in law and society
Publisher: Hart Pub.
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Oxford; Portland, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
Subjects: Criminology -- Congresses.; Criminal law -- Congresses.; Criminal procedure -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: Criminal Policy in Transition comes along at a time when the literature in criminology is desperately short of "global" perspectives. It helps fill that gap while it presents important new insights into changing penal policy and practice. That it raises as many questions as it seems to answer is one of its great strengths. The authors write knowledgeably about their home societies without being prematurely bounded by comparative criteria. As a result,they develop a complex and uneven image of similarities and differences, of divergence and convergence through time. In this sense the collection offers a model of how international collaborative work should proceed. The book is the product of a workshop held at the International Institute for the Sociology of Law (IISL) in Onati, Spain. The IISL is a partnership between the Research Committee on the Sociology of Law and the Basque Government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-284) and index.