Crime and Punishment around the World [4 volumes]

This comprehensive, detailed account explores crime and punishment throughout the world through the eyes of leading experts, local authors and scholars, and government officials.

Four volumes covering Africa, the Americas, Asia/Pacific, and Europe

More than 200 essays written by academics, government officials, and independent experts

Four world maps and sixteen regional maps depicting distribution of murder rates, prison, corporal punishment, and death penalty rates

A "Learn More" section in each chapter that lists 4 6 recommended readings

Quick reference information at the start of each entry providing at a glance a country's type of legal system, use or prohibition of capital and corporal punishment, and levels of serious crimes such as murder and human trafficking