03649cam a2200493Ma 4500 ocn426470021 OCoLC 20171018091357.0 m d cr un||||||||| 070718s2007 ne a eob 001 0 eng d 9780857240569 (electronic bk.) : �62.95 ; � 87.95 ; $111.95 0857240560 (electronic bk.) : �62.95 ; � 87.95 ; $111.95 9780762313068 (hbk.) 0762313064 (hbk.) CNCGM eng CNCGM OCLCQ ZJC HV6028 .C75 2007 JKV bicssc SOC004000 bisacsh POL035010 bisacsh 343.9 364 22 22 Crime and human rights [electronic resource] / edited by Stephan Parmentier and Elmar G.M. Weitekamp. 1st ed. Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/JAI, 2007. 1 online resource (viii, 275 p.) : ill. Sociology of crime, law, and deviance, 1521-6136 ; v. 9 Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Over the past decades, human rights have gained an increasing significance in law, politics and society, at the national and the international level. According to the American scholar Louis Henkin, human rights have become the paradigm of our time, thereby displacing previous paradigms such as religion and socialism. The criminal justice system has not been immune to this rapid rise of human rights. In the past two decades, considerable attention has been paid to the rules of due process for suspects and offenders, during criminal proceedings and in situations of detention.In recent years, the rights of victims have gained more weight in the criminal justice system, also in international tribunals and courts. Moreover, the principles and norms of human rights have received wide attention in conceptualizing crime and delinquency. Some crimes, e.g. trafficking in human beings or violence against women and children, are now defined in terms of human rights violations. The same is true with gross and systematic human rights violations, such as genocide and crimes against humanity.This volume wishes to address these major developments in a systematic way, from the perspective of criminology and sociology, by way of original contributions. In the first part, we look at several types of crimes, old and new, from the angle of human rights and human rights violations, while the second part sketches the influence of the human rights paradigm on some parts of the justice system in North America, Europe and elsewhere. This volume is addressed to students and researchers in criminology and criminal justice studies, and to professionals and policy-makers in the criminal justice system, primarily but not exclusively in North America and Europe. Description based on print version record. Crime Sociological aspects. Human rights. Criminals Civil rights. Criminal justice, Administration of. Crime & criminology. bicssc Social Science Criminology. bisacsh Political Science Political Freedom & Security Human Rights. bisacsh Parmentier, Stephan, 1960- Weitekamp, Elmar G. M. Print version: Crime and human rights. Amsterdam ; London : Elsevier JAI, 2007 9780762313068 (OCoLC)159703376 Sociology of crime, law, and deviance ; v. 9. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/1521-6136/9 SSbacklist 222976 222976