Blue Criminology: The Power of United Nations Ideas To Counter Crime Globally - A Monographic Study

• NCJ Number: 238714
• Author(s): Slawomir Marek Redo
• Date Published: 2012
• Length: 263 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: United Nations European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control (HEUNI)
• Sale Source: Academic Bookstore
• Publication Format: Book (Softbound)
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research); Historical Overview
• Language: English
• Country: Finland
• Note: HEUNI Publication Series No. 72

Annotation

This book reviews the history of all international crime prevention and criminal justice congresses hosted by the United Nations (UN) over its 65-year history and offers insight into the ideas and practices involved in the development of effective international countermeasures against crime.

Abstract

In addressing international efforts to prevent and control crime, the book has three main themes. First, it emphasizes the importance of an efficient and humane criminal justice system in effectively countering transnational organized crime, money laundering, sea piracy, terrorism, and corruption. Second, it stresses that crime prevention is the top priority for criminal justice actions. Third, it highlights tendencies, trends, and major developments in criminal justice internationally rather than focusing on minor crime prevention and criminal justice issues. The study outlines the link between the global development of criminological thought and the three international goals of the UN: "freedom from fear," "freedom from want," and "sustainable development." Part 1 of this book shows how these three UN mandates address the effects of violent conflicts on crime and victimization, the criminogenic effects of economic inequality, and the impact of sustainable development on crime and its prevention. The 11 chapters of part 2 focus on "The United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Mandate." Among the topics addressed in these chapters are the UN's role in incorporating academic criminological ideas into a global perspective of the progressive response to crime; the UN's organizational structure through which it addresses and promotes effective crime prevention and criminal justice; and the comparative assessment of forms and dynamics of crime and the convergence of criminal law systems in a changing world. Part 3, "Back to the Future" examines how the UN has incorporated contemporary criminology into its perspective and action in crime prevention and criminal justice reform. Appended glossary, biographies, and a bibliography