Comparative, International and Global Justice Perspectives from Criminology and Criminal Justice by Cyndi Banks and James Baker

Assessment of Comparative, Worldwide and Universal Justice: Perspectives from Criminology and Criminal Justice explores and evaluates diverse themes concerning criminology, legal justice, and worldwide justice. The content is fragmented into three sections: comparative legal justice, global criminology, and international and global criminology. Within each section are specific topics which the authors consider contemporary and highly relevant and that can assist students in obtaining a more comprehensive understanding of global justice issues. Authors Cyndi Banks and James Baker examine these intricate global matters using a scholarly yet approachable method, frequently employing detailed case studies. The exploration of each theme is an inclusive contextualized narrative that elucidates the societal framework in which law and crime coexist while engaging with queries of explanation or interpretation.

The authors prompt students to acquire knowledge of international and comparative legal justice issues and analyze them critically. It has become challenging to disregard the global and international aspects of criminal justice and criminology, and this text endeavors to enhance legal justice education by focusing on some of the issues captivating criminology globally, and to equip students for a future where fields of study like transnational crime are commonplace.