Introduction
Punishment and culture / Thomas G. Blomberg, William D. Bales, and Courtney A. Waid
Prisons and jails / Roy D. King
Suicide in prisons and jails / Christine Tartaro and David Lester
Hit 'em where it hurts : monetary and nontraditional punitive sanctions / Shanna Van Slyke, Gordon P. Waldo, and William Bales
The death penalty : the movement toward worldwide abolition / Roger Hood
Probation, parole, and community corrections : an international perspective / Lawrence F. Travis and Victoria Simpson Beck
Crime prevention / Steven P. Lab
Situational crime prevention / Marcus Felson
Early developmental crime prevention / David P. Farrington and Brandon C. Welsh
Deterrence and deterrence experiences : preventing crime through the threat of punishment / Per-Olof H. Wikström
Retribution and retaliation / John Pratt
Reparation, compensation, and restitution : our best explanations / Charles F. Abel
The police / Joseph A. Schafer and Clemens Bartollas
What can police do to reduce crime, disorder, and fear? / David Weisburd and John E. Eck
When states do not extradite : gaps in the global web of formal social control / William F. McDonald
A comparative look at the roles and functions of the prosecution and defense in western trial systems / William T. Pizzi
Sentencing structure and reform in common law jurisdictions / Julian V. Roberts and Estella Baker
Victims and victimization / Ken Pease
Restorative justice : an alternative for responding to crime? / Lode Walgrave
The practice of victim offender mediation : a look at the evidence / Mark S. Umbreit, Robert B. Coates, and Betty Vos
Lenient justice? punishing white-collar and corporate crime / Henry N. Pontell, Stephen M. Rosoff, and Andrew Peterson
The third wave : American sex offender policies since the 1990s / Jonathan Simon and Chrysanthi Leon.
International handbook of penology and criminal justice. ISBN 9781420053876. Published by CRC in 2008. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.