PIERS BEIRNE is Professor of Sociology and Legal Studies at the University of Southern Maine. He is the author of Criminology: An Introduction (1991), Revolution in Law: Contributions to the Development of Soviet Legal Theory, 1917-1938 (1990), and Marxism and Law, (1982), among other works. JOAN HILL is a graduate of the Criminology Program at the University of Southern Maine.

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This is the first comprehensive bibliography that deals with comparative criminology and other signficant works in the field dating from the 1960s. The guide covers 500 studies on crime, law, and social control in two or more cultures. The volume is organized into three main sections: meaning and measurement in criminology, cross-national crime rates, and social control and penal policies. The work is intended for students, for scholars and professionals, and for all researchers concerned with criminal justice studies around the world.

The bibliography includes a preface, eleven chapters on topics of major importance, appendices, and author and subject indexes. The chapters deal with general issues in comparative criminology, cross-national data, perceptions of crime, violent crime, crimes against property, economic and political crime, transnational corporate crime, correlates of crime, underdevelopment and modernization, social control and dispute resolution, and criminal justice and penal policies. The appendices point to useful sources for further research. In addition, a full author and subject index is provided.

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Preface Meaning and Measurement in Comparative Criminology General Issues in Comparative Criminology Cross-National Data Perceptions of Crime Cross-National Crime Rates Violent Crime Crimes Against Property Economic and Political Crime Transnational Corporate Crime Correlates of Crime: Age, Class, Gender and Race Underdevelopment and Modernization Social Control and Criminal Justice Social Control and Dispute Resolution Criminal Justice and Penal Policies Appendix A: Lists of Countries in Cross-National Data Sets Appendix B: Lists of United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute Publications and Staff Papers Appendix C: Addresses of United Nations Regional Institutes for Crime Prevention Appendix D: Miscellaneous Research Aids Author Index Subject Index