Crime and Justice, Volume 21: Comparative and Cross-National Perspectives on Ethnicity, Crime, and Immigration (Crime and Justice: A Review of Research) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226808289 ISBN 13: 9780226808284

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1997

Synopsis

This volume is the first major cross-national examination of racial andethnic differences in criminal offending, victimization by crime, anddisparities and discrimination in justice systems. These nine essaysprovide comrehensive up-to-date summaries of research and experienceconcerning those subjects in Australia, Canada, England and Wales, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UnitedStates. Population migration has reached an all time high in Europe andwith it, "immigration and crime" has become the single most volatile andtopical crime control issue in most of these countries. The nine essays in this book are written by the leading specialists ineach country. Contributors include Roderic Broadhurst, Julian V. Robertsand Anthony N. Doob, David J. Smith, Pierre Tournier, Hans-Jorg Albrecht, Josine Junger-Tas, Peter L. Martens, Martin Killias, Robert J. Sampson and Janet L. Lauritsen. Michael Tonry is Sonosky Professor of Law and Public Policy at theUniversity of Minnesota.

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About the Author:

Michael Tonry is the McKnight Presidential Professor of Criminal Law and Policy and Director of the Institute on Crime and Public Policy at the University of Minnesota.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0226808289
• ISBN 13: 9780226808284
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 560
• Editor: Tonry Michael