Summary
The authors of this collaborative volume show why the Scandinavian criminal justice systems are as they are, how they differ from those in other countries, and how they are changing.
Contents
Preface / Michael Tonry -- 1. Crime, criminal justice, and criminology in the Nordic countries / Tapio Lappi-Seppala and Michael Tonry -- 2. Punishment and crime in Scandinavia, 1750-2008 / Hanns von Hofer -- 3. Homicide in Finland and Sweden / Janne Kivivuori and Martti Lehti -- 4. Nordic youth justice / Tapio Lappi-Seppala -- 5. Policing the north / Cecilie Hoigard -- 6. Sentencing theory, policy, and research in the Nordic countries / Ville Hinkkanen and Tapio Lappi-Seppala -- 7. Delinquency research in the Nordic countries / Janne Kivivuori and Jon Gunnar Bernburg -- 8. Is there a Nordic prostitution regime? / May-Len Skilbrei and Charlotta Holmström -- 9. Organized crime the Nordic way / Lars Korsell and Paul Larsson -- 10. The emergence of the crime victim: Sweden in a Scandinavian context / Henrik Tham, in collaboration with Anita Ronnelling and Lise-Lotte Rytterbro -- 11. Nordic register data and their untapped potential for criminological knowledge / Torkild Hoved Lyngstad and Torbjorn Skardhamar.