Comparative Research in Crime and Punishment

by Bill Hebenton and Susyan Jou

This book provides an account of the opportunities and problems inherent in comparative research on crime and punishment. The authors review and synthesise what is a varied and largely unfocused literature of existing comparative criminological research and argue for the importance of the historico-cultural approach to understanding. Using case-study material on 'policy-learning' and regions (for example, Greater China), the book also illustrates...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230527353
• ISBN13: 9780230527355
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 256 Pages