Crime, Justice and Human Rights

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A specialized introduction to the philosophy, law and politics of human rights, uniquely tailored to criminologists and criminal justice practitioners. Exploring the connections between existing criminological scholarship and human rights frameworks, the book helps readers to incorporate human right...

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Main Author: Weber, Leanne (Author)
Contributors: Fishwick, Elaine (Contributor) ; Marmo, Marinella (Contributor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: London Macmillan Education UK 2014
In:Year: 2014
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Human Rights
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Australien > Strafrechtspflege > Kriminologie > Menschenrecht
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:A specialized introduction to the philosophy, law and politics of human rights, uniquely tailored to criminologists and criminal justice practitioners. Exploring the connections between existing criminological scholarship and human rights frameworks, the book helps readers to incorporate human rights paradigms into their criminological analysis.
Cover -- Contents -- List of Boxes -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- About this Book -- Section 1 Understanding Human Rights -- 1 The Origins and Idea of Human Rights -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 What are human rights? -- 1.3 The philosophical foundations of human rights -- 1.4 Some criticisms of human rights -- 1.5 Core human rights concepts -- 1.6 Conclusion -- 2 International Human Rights Law -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The UN and international human rights treaties -- 2.3 Monitoring and enforcing human rights -- 2.4 Human rights law beyond the UN -- 2.5 Conclusion -- 3 Human Rights and Civil Society -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Human rights in a social context -- 3.3 Building human rights cultures? -- 3.4 The role of NGOs -- 3.5 Indifference and denial -- 3.6 Conclusion -- 4 Collective Rights and Discrimination -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 From individual to group rights -- 4.3 Applying collective rights in criminology and criminal justice -- 4.4 The many faces of discrimination -- 4.5 Discrimination in crime prevention and criminal justice -- 4.6 Conclusion -- 5 Integrating Criminology and Human Rights -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Reviewing the criminological record -- 5.3 Human rights, globalization and human suffering -- 5.4 Conclusion -- Section 2 Applying Human Rights in Criminology -- 6 Criminal Law -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Human rights in domestic criminal law -- 6.3 Shield/sword binary function of human rights -- 6.4 Counter-terrorism and supreme emergency exception -- 6.5 State crime, criminal law and human rights -- 6.6 Conclusion -- 7 Crime Prevention -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Understanding crime prevention -- 7.3 Crime prevention by the UN and Europe -- 7.4 From prevention to pre-emption: surveillance, security and risk -- 7.5 Preventing violence against women -- 7.6 Justice reinvestment.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (263 pages)
ISBN:9781137299215