Criminal Justice and Political Cultures

Tim Newburn is Professor of Criminology and Social Policy, and Head of the Social Policy Department at the London School of Economics, UK.Richard Sparks is Professor of Criminology and Co-Director of the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, UK.

• 1. Criminal Justice and Political Cultures  2. Durkheim, Tarde and Beyond: The Global Travel of Crime Policies  3. Globalising Risk? Distinguishing Styles of 'Neoliberal' Criminal Justice in Australia and the USA  4. Policing, Securitisation and Democratisation in Europe  5. The Cultural Embeddedness of Social Control: Reflections on a Comparison of Italian and North American Cultures Concerning Punishment  6. Controlling Measures: The Repackaging of Common-sense Opposition to Women's Imprisonment in England and Canada  7. The Convergence of US and UK Crime Control Policy: Exploring Substance and Process  8. Youth Justice: Globalisation and Multi-modal Governance  9. Importing Criminological Ideas in a New Democracy: Recent South African Experiences  10. Policy Transfer in Local Crime Control: Beyond Nave Emulation  11. Containment, Quality of Life and Crime Reduction: Policy Transfers in the Policing of a Heroin Market

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