cjm 44: International Perspectives
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Full list of articles in print version of cjm 44
- EDITORIAL
Rob Mawby sets the theme in context - GLOBAL TRENDS IN CORRECTIONS
Jennifer Oades, Director of the ICPA, Canada, views the issues in an international context - "JUSTICE SHOULD NOT END AT THE PRISON GATE"
Andrew Coyle, Director of the International Centre for Prison Studies, King's College London, puts prison reform in an international context - SEX TOURISM
Carol Jones explores the complexities of exploitation and criminality behind the term `sex tourism' - WOMEN AND PUBLIC ORDER IN KHARTOUM, SUDAN
Restrictive interpretation of Islamic morality is enforced through criminal code in northern Sudan. Curtis F. Doebbler describes the repressive effect of these laws on the women who must live under them - DIFFERENT VALUES, DIFFERENT PUNISHMENTS
Barbara Oliveira describes some examples of traditional forms of justice practised by Latin American indigenous groups - RESTORATIVE VISIONS IN ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIA
Aboriginal Australians are dramatically over-represented in the country's criminal justice system. Harry Blagg describes some reforming initiatives - ITALY: THE `SAFE CITIES' PROJECT
Rossella Selmini explains the political context in which crime prevention projects have emerged in Italy - WORLDS APART? POLICING IN JAPAN AND BRITAIN
Chris Aldous and Frank Leishman re-evaluate the orthodox academic view of the Japanese policing model - NO RECONCILIATION WITHOUT JUSTICE
Brian Concannon describes significant developments in Haiti's criminal justice system - IMPLEMENTING INTERNATIONAL LAW IN DOMESTIC COURTS: THE KOSOVO CASE
The UN mision in Kosovo considered establishing a special court that would have linked international and local criminal justice professionals in prosecuting war crimes. Katherine Cocco regrets this missed opportunity - TRIAL BY TORTURE: UZBEKISTAN
The criminal justice system is a harsh tool of political repression under the secular totalitarian regime that governs Uzbekistan. Cynthia Cox witnessed the trials of defendants accused of `terrorism' and met their families - THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVE SENTENCES TO IMPRISONMENT IN UKRAINE
Lack of resources, overcrowding and ill health plague the prisons of Ukraine. Rob Canton describes a British- Ukranian project working to develop new positive models of non-custodial penalties - WITHOUT COUNSEL: PALESTINIAN CITIZENS OF ISRAEL
Palestinian citizens of Israel arrested in the course of political demonstrations in October 2000 were often denied the right to legal counsel. Jamil Dakwar summarises the legal basis of this fundamental denial, and argues that this practise is inconsistent with basic human rights in a democracy - CRIME AND SOCIAL TRANSITION IN CHINA
Liling Yue describes how economical and social development in China has given rise to new crime `opportunities' that call for further development of criminal justice policies - GEORGE W. BUSH AND THE `TEXAS SOLUTION'
Michael Teague explores the impact President Bush's uncompromising `Texas Solution' may have upon American criminal justice, with its unprecedented rate of penal expansion and its huge correctional industry - CJM UPDATE
Una Padel outlines changes at the Home office - BOOK REVIEW
Julia Braggins reviews The Prisons Handbook 2001, edited by Mark Leech and Deborah Cheney, 5th edition