With contributions from leading experts in the field, this timely Research Handbook reconsiders the theories, assumptions, values and methods of comparative criminal justice in light of the challenges and opportunities posed by globalisation, deglobalisation and transnationalisation.

Contents: PART I INTRODUCTION 1 New directions in comparative criminal justice 2 David Nelken and Claire Hamilton PART II THE COMPARATIVE AND THE TRANSNATIONAL 2 Youth justice: European and international developments and (good) practices 30 Frieder Dünkel 3 Prosecution in adversarial and inquisitorial procedures: the weakening of professional autonomy 49 Jacqueline S. Hodgson 4 Systems of trial: towards convergence? 66 Richard Vogler 5 The diffusion of plea bargaining and the global administratisation of criminal convictions 84 Máximo Langer 6 The Nordic exceptionalism thesis revisited 109 John Pratt 7 Theorising global penal change 126 Ely Aaronson 8 Making sense in cross-cultural research in criminal justice: some reflections on theory and method 141 Stewart Field PART III MAPPING THE DARK SIDE OF GLOBALISATION 9 Transnational policing, crime and justice 155 James Sheptycki 10 Surveillance, police, and quarantining COVID-19 in Canada and Australia 175 Randy K. Lippert and Adam Molnar 11 Towards convergence? Comparative counter-terrorism and the ‘transnational counter-terrorism order’ 192 Claire Hamilton 12 Criminology of the borderlands 207 Maartje van der Woude 13 Money laundering 225 Michael Levi 14 Cybercrime 243 Stefano Caneppele and Amandine da Silva 15 Personalising comparison in international criminal law 261 Nicola Palmer PART IV SPREADING UNIVERSAL STANDARDS 16 Criminology and human rights 274 Marinella Marmo and Elaine Fishwick 17 Capital punishment in comparative perspective 289 David T. Johnson 18 Globalisation, gender and crime 304 Rosemary Barberet 19 Green criminology, environmental harms and eco-justice 315 Rob White 20 Decolonising comparative criminology 332 Chris Cunneen 21 Comparative criminal justice as a social practice: the case of standardising indicators 348 David Nelken 22 Comparative criminology in the time of algorithmic knowledge: the challenges of global comparison 365 Dvir Yogev and Yoav Mehozay Index 383

‘This book is a gem. The editors’ introduction not only provides context for the contributors’ essays; it also provides a sophisticated epistemologically rich investigation into the various understandings of what it means to undertake comparative analysis. And the other contributors do much more than bring us up to date in various fields. They also create new fields, propose to redefine traditional fields, ask new questions, point to new directions, and draw on unexpected and informative material to buttress their claims. The new student, the advanced graduate student, and the established research scholar will all find it to their advantage to consult this volume frequently. A must for every scholarly library.’