Globalization has confronted criminologists and criminal justice specialists with new challenges: the increased prevalence of international crime, the rapid growth in transnational criminality, and the recognition that much crime previously regarded as local is the product of globalization. In response to these challenges, researchers and scholars have displayed new interest in international comparative studies. The book contains 33 comparative studies organized in five parts: (1) crime and criminality; (2) policing, law enforcement, and social control; (3) judicial systems; (4) corrections and punishment; and (5) juvenile justice systems. Supplemental information is appended on international drug law enforcement, crime prevention, detention and imprisonment, execution, the conduct of law enforcement officials, the use of force and firearms, and the role of lawyers. Notes, references, tables, and figures