Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-427) and index.

"While the globalization of crime accelerates, criminological research has maintained a distinctly domestic focus. Filling a void in the existing literature, The World of Crime breaks the "conspiracy of silence" and provides valuable and unique international statistics and data on the major types of crime while also looking at the varied responses of police and courts in a variety of countries. Analyzing the macro causes of crime such as rapid urbanization, economic inequality, gender discrimination, abuse of alcohol and drugs, and the availability of guns, this book also peers under the veil to examine the real impact of crime on individuals as well as on societies. Using a wealth of statistical information, the author calls for greater international collaboration to tackle transnational problems of crime; this text is an invaluable first step in that direction." "The book is an important text for undergraduate courses with a comparative focus such as Comparative Criminal Justice, Introduction to Criminology, and Introduction to Criminal Justice in departments of criminology, criminal justice, and sociology."--BOOK JACKET.