Crime and Justice, Volume 40: Crime and Justice in Scandinavia (Volume 40) (Crime and Justice: A Review of Research) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0226808823 ISBN 13: 9780226808826

Publisher: University of Chicago Press Journals, 2012

Synopsis

Since 1979 the Crime and Justice series has presented a review of the latest international research, providing expertise to enhance the work of sociologists, psychologists, criminal lawyers, justice scholars, and political scientists. The series explores a full range of issues concerning crime, its causes, and its cure.         Volume 40, Crime and Justice in Scandinavia, offers the most comprehensive and authoritative look ever available at criminal justice policies, practices, and research in the Nordic countries. Topics range from the history of violence through juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, and sentencing to controversial contemporary policies on prostitution, victims, and organized crime. Contributors to this volume include Jon-Gunnar Bernburg, Ville Hinkkanen, Cecilie Høigård, Hanns von Hofer, Charlotta Holmström, Janne Kivivuori, Lars Korsell, Tapio Lappi-Seppälä, Paul Larsson, Martti Lehti,  Torkild Hovde Lyngstad, Sven-Axel Månsson, Anita Rönneling, Lise-Lotte Rytterbro, Torbjørn Skardhamar, May-Len Skilbrei, and Henrik Tham.

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About the Author

Michael Tonry is director of the Institute on Crime and Public Policy and the Bennett Chair in Law and Public Policy at the University of Minnesota. He is also a senior fellow at the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement. Tapio Lappi-Seppälä is the director general of the National Research Institute for Legal Policy in Helsinki, Finland.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press Journals
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0226808823
• ISBN 13: 9780226808826
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 525
• Editor: Tonry Michael, Lappi-Seppälä Tapio