P. Knepper

International Crime in the 20th Century

The League of Nations Era, 1919-1939

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Between 1919 and 1939, crime received a prominent place on the international public agenda. This book explores the blueprint for twenty-first century international crime prevention - The League of Nations approach - which established institutions for confronting dangerous drugs, traffic in women and terrorist violence.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-349-32949-6
• 1st ed. 2011
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 313g
• ISBN-13: 9781349329496
• ISBN-10: 1349329495
• Artikelnr.: 45079456

Autorenporträt

PAUL KNEPPER is Reader in Criminology in the Department of Sociological Studies, and an Associate of the Centre for Criminological Research, at the University of Sheffield, UK. He has previously published The Invention of International Crime: A Global Issue in the Making, 1881-1914 (Palgrave, 2009).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction Worldwide Crime Wave The International Underworld International Crime Prevention Traffic in Women The Drug Trade Political Murder and Terrorism Conclusion Bibliography Index