| Description |
xx, 356 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: Data sources and their use -- Ch. 1. The experience of crime and justice -- Ch. 2. Police records of crime -- Ch. 3. Bringing to justice -- Ch. 4. Punishment -- Ch. 5. Resources in criminal justice -- Ch. 6. Firearm abuse and regulation -- Ch. 7. Drugs and drug control -- Ch. 8. International trends in crime prevention -- Ch. 9. Emerging issues: Transnational crime and its control -- App. 1. Definitions -- App. 2. List of exceptions |
| Summary |
Research and data gathered by the UN Centre for International Crime Prevention. The work combines a wealth of information about crime and justice from UN member states and beyond, and presents emerging crime trends and operations of criminal justice systems on a comparative basis |
| Notes |
"Published for the United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention, Centre for International Crime Prevention." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-252) |
| Subject |
Crime prevention.
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Criminal justice, Administration of.
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Criminal statistics.
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Drug abuse -- Prevention.
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Drug control.
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Transnational crime.
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| Author |
Newman, Graeme R.
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Centre for International Crime Prevention (United Nations)
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| LC no. |
19990195 |
| ISBN |
0195133161 (cloth : acid-free paper) |
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019513317X (paperback: acid-free paper) |
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