(Paperback)

Provides the history of the death penalty. Incorporating and synthesizing public opinion data and empirical studies, this work compares, across societies, the types of offenses punishable by death, the level of public support for the death penalty, the forms the penalty takes, and the categories of persons exempt from punishment.

(Paperback)

Pornography is a volatile issue in the United States_depending on the source of opinion, it can be viewed as either demeaning or empowering. explores whether the issue is similarly contentious around the world.

(Paperback)

Focusing specifically on cannabis, cocaine, and heroin, this volume presents contributors who give a brief history and analysis of the laws and policies regarding illicit drugs - considered to be a growing international health threat.

(Paperback, Third Edition)

In the past thirty years, women and crime has become a major intellectual and professional specialty.

(Paperback)

The Defense of Insanity, The World Over is the tenth in a series of books that examines and compares social issues or social problems from an explicitly comparative perspective. This volume examines and compares the criteria and procedures surrounding the defense of insanity across twenty-two countries.

(Paperback)

Dealing with the field of women's rights, this work presents a study of women in society by comparing women's position in society within 26 nations throughout the world.