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Building justice in post-transition Europe? : processes of criminalisation within Central and Eastern European societies / edited by Kay Goodall, Margaret Malloch and Bill Munro.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice
- Routledge frontiers of criminal justice ; 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crime--Europe.
- Crime.
- Criminal justice, Administration of--Europe.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Criminal law--Europe.
- Criminal law.
- Law enforcement--Europe.
- Law enforcement.
- Post-communism--Europe.
- Post-communism.
- Europe.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (209 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- After the collapse of the Berlin wall in 1989 and disintegration of the Soviet Union, scholars focused on the problems of legal transitions within the newly emerging democracies. Two decades on, these states are in 'post-transition' conditions; having undergone and continuing to experience political, economic and constitutional upheavals to varying degrees. This book provides an interdisciplinary perspective on this largely unexamined topic. Part I of the book sets the scene with a socio-historical overview and a theoretical chapter; both of which contextualise the book within
- Contents:
- pt. 1. A socio-historical overview
- pt. 2. Criminalisation and decriminalisation : moderinising criminal law and regulatory strategies
- pt. 3. Policing, justice and transformation
- pt. 4. Some concluding thoughts.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-27171-6
- 1-283-58608-8
- 9786613898531
- 0-203-10969-4
- 1-136-27172-4
- 9780203109694
- OCLC:
- 811502974
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