The New European Criminology

In an age of air travel and electronic information flows, crime can no longer be seen in national terms. The New European Criminology gathers together leading criminologists from all over England to consider crime and responses to crime within and across borders. For the first time, it allows students to experience firsthand the most exciting work in European criminology and to compare the dominant discourses of crime in different parts of Europe.

The five sections of the book look at:

• the effects of European harmonisation on crime
• criminal justice, law enforcement and penal reform
• organised crime, from the Mafia in Italy to drug running in the Balkans
• local crime in international contexts
• possible future directions for criminology and some suggestions for a new criminology of war

Together, European Criminology constitutes the most comprehensive collection of key debates and key figures. Contributors include Vincenzo Ruggiero from Middlesex University, Nigel South from the University of Essex, Ian Taylor from the University of Durham, Fritz Sack from the University of Hamburg, and Dario Melossi.