Building Justice in Post-Transition Europe?
After the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the disintegration of the Soviet Union, scholars focused on the problems of legal transitions within the newly emerging democracies. Two decades on, these states are in post-transition conditions, having undergone and continuing to experience political, economic and constitutional upheavals to varying degrees. This book provides an interdisciplinary perspective on this largely unexamined topic.
of the book sets the scene with a socio-historical overview and a theoretical chapter, both of which contextualise the book within current debates and provide the theoretical direction of the book as a whole. The later chapters set out contrasting perspectives and consist of themed essays on individual legal systems, investigating these through approaches ranging from socio-legal study to political economy. The book aims to refine important directions for the comparative conceptual study of criminal law policy and processes of criminalisation in emerging democratic states. The result is a significant contribution to the understanding of this subject in the fields of criminology, law, philosophy and political science.
The book will appeal to academics, policy-makers and practitioners who are attempting to grapple with the area of transitions in the fields of criminology, law, philosophy and political science. As a distinctively interdisciplinary text, it brings together analysis of both the social processes of creating (and abandoning) criminal law and a philosophical reflection. The book provides a comprehensive and critical analysis that points to future directions in criminalisation in the emerging democratic states of Eastern Europe.
Kay Goodall is a Senior Lecturer in Law in the School of Law at the University of Stirling, Scotland. Her research interests lie in conceptualising racism, religion and sectarianism in domestic and transnational criminal law.
Margaret Malloch is a Senior Research Fellow in the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research at the University of Stirling, Scotland. Her research interests lie in justice and diversity; and crime and social justice.
Bill Munro is a Lecturer in Criminology in the School of Applied Social Science at the University of Stirling, Scotland. His research interests lie in critical theory; deviancy, social control and risk; justice in transition and alternatives to custody.
Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice
1. Sex Offenders: Punish, Help, Change or Control?
Theory, policy and practice explored
Edited by Jo Brayford, Francis Cowe and John Deering
2. Building Justice in Post-Transition Europe?
Processes of criminalisation within Central and Eastern European societies
Edited by Kay Goodall, Margaret Malloch and Bill Munro
Building Justice in Post-Transition Europe?
Processes of criminalisation within Central and Eastern European societies
Edited by
Kay Goodall, Margaret Malloch and Bill Munro
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Building justice in post-transition Europe : processes of criminalisation within Central and Eastern European societies / [edited by] Kay Goodall, Margaret Malloch and Bill Munro.
p. cm. - - (Routledge frontiers of criminal justice ; 2)
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Crime- -Europe. 2. Criminal justice, Administration of- -Europe.
3. Criminal law- -Europe. 4. Law enforcement- -Europe.
5. Post-communism- -Europe. I. Goodall, Kay Eileen. II. Malloch, Margaret S. III. Munro, Bill (William G.)
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Contents
This book emerged from a symposium that was held at the University of Stirling in 2009. We would like to thank the following people for their contribution: Yulia Chistyakova who co-organised the event and Graeme Hampton who provided administrative support. Thanks to all the members of the University Crime and Justice Cluster, in particular Antony Duff, Gill McIvor and Niall Hamilton-Smith. We would like to acknowledge the input of all the symposium participants who made the event so engaging and productive. We are very grateful to the University of Stirling for funding the symposium and to Ian Simpson and Daniela Bolle in particular for their encouragement and support.
In the transition from symposium to book, we would also like to acknowledge the support of Thomas Sutton at Routledge and the three anonymous reviewers who assisted us in sharpening our focus.
This book has been the work of a team. Furthermore, it has been a process in which each of our authors has not only contributed excellent chapters, for which we are very grateful, but has also generously given their time throughout, with dedication and enthusiasm. Thank you to everyone.
The editors
Yulia Chistyakova is a Teaching Fellow in Criminology in the School of Applied Social Sciences at Durham University, England. Her research interests are crime and police reform in post-Soviet societies.
Kay Goodall is a Senior Lecturer in Law in the School of Law at the University of Stirling, Scotland. Her research interests lie in conceptualising racism, religion and sectarianism in domestic and transnational criminal law.
Arunas Juska is an Associate Professor of Sociology at East Carolina University, USA. He specialises in and writes extensively on the Baltic region, with special focus on rural development as well as policing in Lithuania.
Margaret Malloch is a Senior Research Fellow in the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research at the University of Stirling, Scotland. Her research interests lie in justice and diversity; and crime and social justice.
Bill Munro is a Lecturer in Criminology in the School of Applied Social Science at the University of Stirling, Scotland. His research interests lie in critical theory; deviancy, social control and risk; justice in transition and alternatives to custody.
Ben Noble
