The globalization of crime control—the case of youth and juvenile justice: Neo-liberalism, policy convergence and international conventions

Theoretical Criminology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-64

  Muncie, John ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

comparative criminology; globalization; governance; localization; policy transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 12344331835     PISSN: 13624806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362480605048942     Document Type: Article

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