RT Book
T1 Nordic criminal justice in a global context: practices and promotion of exceptionalism
T2 Nordic studies in a global context
A2 Christensen, Mikkel Jarle
A2 Lohne, Kjersti
A2 Hörnqvist, Magnus
LA English
PP London New York
PB Routledge
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1832252167
AB This book critically investigates Nordic criminal justice as a global role model.  Not taking this role for granted, the chapters of the book analyse how Nordic approaches to criminal justice were folded into global contexts, and how patterns of promotion were built around perceptions that these approaches also had a particular value for other criminal justice systems. Specific actors, both internal and external to the region itself, have branded Nordic criminal justice as a form of 'penal exceptionalism' associated with human rights, universalistic welfare and social cohesion. The book shows how building and using the brand of Nordic criminal justice allowed stakeholders to champion specific forms of crime control across a variety of criminal justice areas in both domestic and international settings.   The book will be of interest to scholars and students of criminal justice, international law and justice, Nordic and Scandinavian studies, and more widely to the social sciences and humanities
SN 9781003195504
K1 Crime & criminology
K1 Criminal law & procedure
K1 Police & security services
K1 Crime and criminology;Criminal law: procedure and offences;Police and security services