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List Of Illustrations -- Notes On Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- European Issues On Crime And Crime Control -- Globalisation And Criminal Justice Trends In Italy / David Nelken -- History Of Crime And Criminal Justice In Europe / Xavier Rousseaux -- Is There Such A Thing As A European Crime Control Policy? / Klára Kerezsi -- Surveys On Victimisation And Insecurity In Europe: Some Issues / Renée Zauberman -- Criminal Law And Human Rights: A Paradoxical Relationship / Françoise Tulkens, Michel Van De Kerchove -- Variations In Crime: Description And Explanations -- It Is Not Just The Economy: Towards An Alternative Explanation Of Post World War Ii Crime Trends In The Western Europe / Jan Van Dijk -- State Crime: The European Experience / Susanne Karstedt -- Organised And Transnational Crime In Europe / Vincenzo Ruggiero -- Collective Criminalization Of Rome In Central And Eastern Europe: Social Causes, Circumstances, Consequences / Margit Feischmidt, Kristóf Szombati, Peter Szuhay -- Gender And Crime In Europe / Loraine Gelsthorpe, Elena Larrauri -- The Informal Economy In Europe / Dominique Boels, Antoinette Verhage, Paul Ponsaers -- Place, Space, And Urban (in)security / Sophie Body-gendrot -- Variations In Institutional Responses And Possible Explanations -- Trust The Justice And The Legitimacy Of Legal Authorities: Topline Findings From A European Comparative Study / Mike Hough, Jonathan Jackson, Ben Bradford -- Media And Crime: A Comparative Analysis Of Crime News In The Uk, Norway And Italy / Rinella Cere, Yvonne Jewkes, Thomas Ugelvik -- Political Economy And Penal Systems / Michael Cavadino, James Dignan -- Imprisonment And Penal Demands: Exploring The Dimensions And Drivers Of Systemic And Attitudinal Punitivity / Tapio Lappi-seppälä -- Changing Definitions Of The Criminal Law In Germany In Late Modernity / Frtiz Sack, Christian Schlepper -- Police And Policing In Europe / René Lévy -- Crime Prevention And Public Safety In Europe: Challe