Crime and Criminal Justice in Israel, livre ebook

Offers insights into the criminal justice system and the field of criminology in Israel.

Offers insights into the criminal justice system and the field of criminology in Israel.

Assessing the Israeli criminal justice knowledge base with implications for Israel and international scholarship, this book explores crime, legislation, law enforcement, courts, corrections, and the victim. The book discusses the development of criminal justice and criminology in a new society, adding to the understanding of crime and societal reaction. The authors examine the historical development of Israeli criminal justice, describe the state of current knowledge, and point to possible future directions.

Preface

Part 1 Theory


1 The Study of Crime and Social Control in Israel: Some Theoretical Observations
Mimi Ajzenstadt


2 Patterned Deviance
Chanoch Jacobsen


3 Criminal Justice in Israel
Gad J. Bensinger


Part 2 The Epidemiology And Etiology Of Crime In Israel


4 Criminal Statistics
Giora Rahav


5 Juvenile Delinquency
Giora Rahav


6 Crimes of Violence in Israel: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives
Simha F. Landau


7 Organized Crime in Israel
Menachem Amir


8 Political Violence: Political Assassinations as a Quest for Justice
Nachman Ben-Yehuda


Part 3 Law And Law Enforcement


9 Criminal Law in Israel
Mordechai Kremnitzer


10 Police and Police Reform in Israel: The Formative Role of the State
Erella Shadmi


Part 4 Corrections


11 Punishment, Prisoners' Rights and Pardons
Leon Sheleff


12 The Israeli Prison System
Gavriel Shavitt


13 Juvenile and Adult Probation in IsraelYael
Hassin and Menachem Horovitz


14 Rehabilitation Efforts in the Israel Prison Service
Yochanan Wozner


Part 5 Victimology


15 Victimological Research in Israel: Past and Current Perspectives
Simha F. Landau and Leslie Sebba


Part 6 Discussion


16 Assessing the Knowledge-Base toward the Twenty-First Century
Robert R. Friedmann


Contributors


Index