Routledge Hdb of European Criminology

1. Introduction, Sophie Body-Gendrot, Mike Hough, Klara Kerezsi, Rene Levy and Sonja Snacken Part I: European Issues on Crime and Crime Control 2. Globalisation and Criminal Justice Trends in Italy, David Nelken 3. History of Crime and Criminal Justice in Europe, Xavier Rousseaux 4. Is There Such a Thing as a European Crime Control Policy?, Klara Kerezsi 5. Surveys on Victimisation and Insecurity in Europe: Some Issues, Renee Zauberman 6. Criminal Law and Human Rights: A Paradoxical Relationship, Francoise Tulkens & Michel van de Kerchove Part II: Variations in Crime: Descriptions and Explanations 7. It is not just the economy: Towards an Alternative Explanation of Post World War II Crime Trends in Western Europe, Jan van Dijk 8. State Crime: The European Experience, Susanne Karstedt 9. Organised Transnational Crime in Europe, Vincenzo Ruggiero 10. Collective Criminalisation of Roma in Central and Eastern Europe: Social Causes, Circumstances, Consequences, Margit Feischmidt, Kristof Szombati & Peter Szuhay 11. Gender and Crime in Europe, Loraine Gelsthorpe, Elena Larrauri 12. The Informal Economy in Europe, Dominique Boels, Antoinette Verhage & Paul Ponsaers 13. Place, Space and Urban (In)Security, Sophie Body-Gendrot Part III: Variations in Institutional Responses and Possible Explanations 14. Trust the Justice and the Legitimacy of Legal Authorities: Topline findings from a European Comparative Study, Mike Hough, Jonathan Jackson & Ben Bradford 15. Media and Crime: A Comparative Analysis of Crime News in the UK, Norway and Italy, Rinella Cere, Yvonne Jewkes & Thomas Ugelvik 16. Politcal Economy and Penal Systems, Michael Cavadino & James Dignan 17. Imprisonment and Penal Demands: Exploring the Dimensions and Drivers of Systemic and Attitudinal Punitivity, Tapio Lappi-Seppala 18. Changing Definitions of the Criminal Law in Germany in Late Modernity, Fritz Sack & Christian Schlepper 19. Police and Policing in Europe, Rene Levy 20. Crime

Mike Hough is Professor of Criminal Policy, and Director of the Institute for Criminal Policy Research at Birkbeck College, London, UK. Klara Kerezsi is Senior Advisor and Senior Researcher at the National Institute of Criminology and Associate Professor at ELTE University, Hungary. Rene Levy is Senior Research Director at CNRS, France, and Director of the Groupe Europeen de Recherches sur les Normativites (GERN). Sonja Snacken is Professor of Criminology at the Free University, Brussels.