Globalization and crime

Katja Franko Aas (ed.) (2013): Globalization and crime. Vol. I-III. Sage Library of Criminology

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Globalization and crime is a three-volume collection of articles that not only aim to present the established and more contemporary literature on globalization within the study of crime and punishment, it also charts the development of a global research imagination in criminology and its related fields.

Often globalization is associated with the stretching of social relations and the notion of cross-border mobility, which destabilizes what previously appeared to be relatively stable frames. The concept of a social world in motion challenges criminology and social sciences both conceptually and methodologically. However, as Aas points out, it also enables us to broaden our research horizons, transcending the nation state, to include topics such as the emerging new dynamics of contemporary transnational crime, policing and security.

 

Volume I: Concept, History, Method

Volume II: Transnational Crime, Deviance and Crime Control

Volume III: New Directions in Criminology and Criminal Justice

 

The three-volume structure enables comprehensive coverage of the historic development of the concept, its key definitional and methodological issues, ample case studies as well as theoretical and normative academic debates. Each volume is framed by its own newly-written introduction which places the selection of articles in context, making this set a truly valuable resource for scholars in the field.

The book is available for purchase at Sage.

 

Published June 16, 2016 9:38 AM - Last modified June 21, 2016 12:56 PM