The UN Sustainable Development Goals and Provision of Security, Responses to Crime and Security Threats, and Fair Criminal Justice Systems

Authors

Gorazd Meško (ed.)
University of Maribor, Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7466-0042
Sanja Kutnjak Ivković (ed.)
Michigan State University, School of Criminal Justice
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0709-5404
Rok Hacin (ed.)
University of Maribor, Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2265-5422
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18690/um.fvv.7.2024

Keywords:

sustainable development goals, United Nations, safety and security, crime, security threats, criminology, criminal justice, fairness

Synopsis

The book comprises 14 peer-reviewed chapters based on research on crime and security threats in relation to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The book represents a multidisciplinary work that combines different views of safety and security provision in local environments, at the national level, as well as in the international environment. The chapters include findings of a literature review, empirical research on crime and victimization of individuals, case studies, specific forms of crime, institutional and civil society responses to security threats, as well as legal and police and policing perspectives in relation to safety and security provision in modern society.

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This compilation stands apart from other books on the SDGs for its attention to Goal 16.  The Introduction includes interesting reference to ways that criminology and criminal justice link to other SDGs (e.g., green criminology relates to Biosphere SDGs and human trafficking to economy SDGs). But the remaining chapters focus on SDG 16 in ways that provide the reader with useful, informative, and specific information on goal targets to reduce all forms of violence, combat organized crime, and establish effective criminal justice institutions. With examples from a variety of countries, settings, and crime types the editors have compiled a comprehensive and edifying review of material that will assist students, researchers, and educators in their various endeavors.

Philip Reichel, PhD
Professor Emeritus, University of Northern Colorado
Past Chair, American Society of Criminology Division of International Criminology

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The volume is edited by prominent scholars in comparative criminal justice and offers a timely contribution that considers, in part, progress toward the United Nations Agenda for Sustainable Development. The foundational material on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals makes the multiauthor volume accessible to a wide readership. Although the collection centers on SDG 16—Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions, considered together with the intersecting content on targets and indicators, and the inclusion of research from Brazil, several European countries, the United Kingdom, and the United States, the scope provides the possibility for larger discussions on global patterns and policies. The text would be a great option for global inquiry courses and provide students with opportunities to engage with the SDGs, while exploring what factors impact achievement of the UN Agenda for Sustainable Development, as well as global criminal justice reforms.

Dawn Beichner-Thomas, PhD

Professor, Criminal Justice Sciences, Illinois State University

Chair, American Society of Criminology Division of International Criminology

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Author Biographies

Gorazd Meško (ed.), University of Maribor, Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security

Gorazd Meško, Ph.D., is a Professor of Criminology and Head of the Chair of Criminology at the Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, University of Maribor. Professor Meško is currently a guest editor of a special issue of Policing – An International Journal on Rural Policing (2024) and co-editor of the book Rural Criminology – Continental Review (Bristol University Press, 2024). He received the Zois Award for the field of social science (2024), Freda Adler Distinguished Scholar Award (ASC DIC, 2022) and G.O.W. ((ACJS IS, 2024). He was the president of the European Society of Criminology (ESC) in 2018.

Ljubljana, Slovenia. E-mail: gorazd.mesko@um.si

Sanja Kutnjak Ivković (ed.), Michigan State University, School of Criminal Justice

Sanja Kutnjak Ivković, Ph.D. is a Professor at the School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University. She holds a doctorate in criminology and a doctorate in law. Professor Kutnjak Ivković has served as Chair of the American Society of Criminology International Division, as Vice Chair and Chair of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences International Section, and is a co-founder and co-chair of the Law and Society Association Collaborative Research Network on Lay Participation. She has significantly contributed to the development of comparative criminology and criminal justice studies in the region of Southeastern Europe, and beyond.

Michigan, United States of America. E-mail: kutnjak@msu.edu

Rok Hacin (ed.), University of Maribor, Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security

Rok Hacin, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Criminology at the Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, University of Maribor. His research focuses on the legitimacy of criminal justice, policing, crime mapping, penal policy, and crime and penal statistics. He published numerous scientific articles in national and foreign scientific journals, as well as chapters and scientific monographs in national and international publishing houses. In 2020, he won the European Society of Criminology Young Criminologist Award.

Ljubljana, Slovenia. E-mail: rok.hacin@um.si

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July 8, 2024

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978-961-286-883-3

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200977667

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Date of first publication (11)

2024-07-08

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200980995

THEMA Subject Codes (93)

JKV, 5YS, JBFK2, LNFJ, JKQ2, VM, JKVK, JPZ, JKSW1, LNDU, JWXK

ISBN-13 (15)

978-961-286-884-0

Date of first publication (11)

2024-07-08

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16.5cm x 23.5cm x 3.6cm

How to Cite

The UN Sustainable Development Goals and Provision of Security, Responses to Crime and Security Threats, and Fair Criminal Justice Systems. (2024). University of Maribor Press. https://doi.org/10.18690/um.fvv.7.2024