Building Justice in Post-Transition Europe? : Processes of Criminalisation within Central and Eastern European Societies

ISBN-13: 9780415697132 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 208 str.

Kay Goodall; Margaret Malloch; Bill Munro

Opis

Since democracies are relatively new in Eastern Europe and little has been written, much can be learned from looking at the distinctive developments in both legal transitions and the process of criminalization.

This book brings together recent work from researchers and academics engaged in theory, policy and practice, and offers a significant contribution to the study of transition in the fields of criminology, law, philosophy and political science and a critical analysis of future directions in criminalisation in the emerging democratic states of Eastern Europe.

Spis treści

Part I: Socio-Historical Overview, 1. Social and Legal Transitions and Criminalisation, Kay Goodall, Margaret Malloch and Bill Munro, 2. The Legitimacy of Legal Order: Criminalisation and Social Integration in Post-Transition Societies, Bill Munro, Part II: Criminalisation and Decriminalisation: Modernising Criminal Law and Regulatory Strategies, 3. Building Justice through Criminal Law: Issues of Criminalisation and Trust Nina Peršak, 4. Exodus from Lithuania: State, Social Disenfranchisement and Resistance in an Era of Austerity, Arunas Juska and Charles Woolfson  5. The Reform Story of the Finnish Penal Code: Ideological Turns and Waves of Modernisation, Kimmo Nuotio, 6. Criminalisation and Decriminalisation and Post-Communist Transition: The Case of the Russian Federation, Peter Solomon, 7. Decriminalising Sex Between Men in the Former Soviet Union, 1991-2003: Conditionality and the Council of Europe, Benjamin H. Noble Part III: Policing, Justice and Transformation, 8. Reforming the Ukrainian Police: The Challenges of Understanding and Addressing Violence, Yulia Chistyakova, 9. Police Reform and Building Justice in Russia: Problems and Prospects, Annette Robertson, Part IV: Conclusion, 10. Beyond Domestic Law: Themes and Prospects, Kay Goodall, Margaret Malloch and Bill Munro

O autorze

Kay Goodall is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Law at the University of Stirling. Her main research interests at the moment lie in conceptualising sectarianism, racism and "hate" in criminal law, and new conflicts among the strands of discrimination law.

Margaret Malloch is a Senior Research Fellow in the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research at the University of Stirling. Research interests cover a wide range of topics within the field of crime and social justice but key areas include: gender and justice, criminal justice responses to social issues, critical criminology.

Bill Munro is a Lecturer in Criminology at the School of Applied Social Science at the University of Stirling. Research interests cover a wide range of topics within the field of critical social theory and critical criminology: key areas include: transitional justice, criminalisation and theories of punishment.