Criminalisation, modernisation, and globalisation: the US and international perspectives on domestic violence Export

@article{citeulike:5717698, abstract = {The growth of modernisation in a society is intimately connected to the growth of legal evolutions related to criminalisation. While modernisation expands the boundaries of tolerance in an open society, it also expands the boundaries of crime and criminalisation. As modernisation expands on a global scale, the process of redefining crime, criminalisation, and victimisation also occurs on a global scale. In the modern societies of the West, the advance of modern law and justice and the progress of the notions of human rights have expanded the boundaries of freedom. They have also expanded the boundaries of criminalisation in a number of social, cultural, political, and economic domains. One of the major areas of criminalisation that has rapidly expanded with modernisation and globalisation, particularly in the West, is domestic violence. During the last 30 years, a series of laws have evolved in these societies that criminalise a wide variety of behaviours related to domestic violence. A comparative study of legislative developments on domestic violence in the United States, Brazil, India, Japan, Bangladesh, and Ghana suggests that, in each, a relatively homogenous set of laws against domestic violence has evolved.}, author = {Shahidullah, Shahid M. and Nana Derby, C.}, citeulike-article-id = {5717698}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17440570903079923}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/fglc/2009/00000010/00000003/art00003}, doi = {10.1080/17440570903079923}, issn = {1744-0572}, journal = {Global Crime}, keywords = {crime, criminalization, domestic, global, globalization, organized, violence}, number = {3}, pages = {196--223}, posted-at = {2009-10-04 00:21:03}, priority = {5}, publisher = {Routledge}, title = {Criminalisation, modernisation, and globalisation: the US and international perspectives on domestic violence}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17440570903079923}, volume = {10}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5717698 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5717698 N2 - The growth of modernisation in a society is intimately connected to the growth of legal evolutions related to criminalisation. While modernisation expands the boundaries of tolerance in an open society, it also expands the boundaries of crime and criminalisation. As modernisation expands on a global scale, the process of redefining crime, criminalisation, and victimisation also occurs on a global scale. In the modern societies of the West, the advance of modern law and justice and the progress of the notions of human rights have expanded the boundaries of freedom. They have also expanded the boundaries of criminalisation in a number of social, cultural, political, and economic domains. One of the major areas of criminalisation that has rapidly expanded with modernisation and globalisation, particularly in the West, is domestic violence. During the last 30 years, a series of laws have evolved in these societies that criminalise a wide variety of behaviours related to domestic violence. A comparative study of legislative developments on domestic violence in the United States, Brazil, India, Japan, Bangladesh, and Ghana suggests that, in each, a relatively homogenous set of laws against domestic violence has evolved. IS - 3 JF - Global Crime SN - 1744-0572 EP - 223 TI - Criminalisation, modernisation, and globalisation: the US and international perspectives on domestic violence PB - Routledge VL - 10 SP - 196 KW - crime KW - criminalization KW - domestic KW - global KW - globalization KW - organized KW - violence AU - Shahidullah, Shahid AU - Nana Derby, C PY - 2009/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17440570903079923 ER -