Are crime rates rising or falling around the world? Are specific
types of crime more prevalent in some cultures than others? Do
different cultures vary greatly in their attitudes toward crime
prevention? Students will find answers to these and similar
questions in this unique resource of 15 case studies exploring the
problems of crime and crime control in different countries, ranging
from Germany to Ghana, to around the world. Cross-cultural
comparisons examine the history, the public perceptions,
contemporary problems, and the future of crime and crime control in
each country. The comparisons also provide readers with the
opportunity to discover both the many differences and the many
similarities that exist among the different cultures in their rates
of crime, forms of prevention, and attitudes toward it.
Each of the 15 chapters opens with a brief overview, which
includes the type of government and the living environment of the
country to introduce readers to the population. The countries were
chosen to represent every region of the world and to provide as
broad a picture as possible when exploring the issues presented by
the problem of crime and different cultures' efforts to control it.
The user-friendly format of the volume, with each chapter following
the same outline, makes it easy for readers to compare specific
aspects among the 15 cultures. These different views of the crime
problem around the world and what it means to different people will
help students to understand it in a broad sense as a social issue
that affects all of humanity.
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