CONTENTS Series Foreword / Andrew L. Cherry ... ⅶ Acknowledgments ... ⅸ Introduction : A Comparative Perspective on Crime and Crime Control / Gregg Barak ... xi 1 BRAZIL (Developing Nation-State) / Emilio E. Dellasoppa ... 1 2 CHINA (Developing Nation-State) / Mark S. Gaylord ... 13 3 GERMANY (Developed Nation-State) / Hans-Joerg Albrecht ; Raymond Teske ... 29 4 GHANA (Posttraditional Nation-State) / Obi N. Ignatius Ebbe ; Chris Abotchie ... 49 5 INDIA (Developing Nation-State) / S. George Vincentnathan ... 65 6 IRAN (Developing Nation-State) / Hamid K. Kusha ... 83 7 NAVAJO NATION (Pusttraditiona1 Nation-State) / Jon'a F. Meyer ; James Zion ... 103 8 NETHERLANDS (Developed Nation-State) / Henk van de Bunt ; Ineke Haen Marshall ... 117 9 NEW ZEALAND (Developed Nation-State) / George Pavlich ... 133 10 NIGERIA (Posttraditional Nation-State) / Obi N. Ignatius Ebbe ... 147 11 POLAND (Developing Nation-State) / Wojciech Cebulak ; Emill Plywaczewski ... 163 12 RUSSIA (Developing Nation-State) / William Alex Pridemore ... 177 13 TAIWAN (Developed Nation-State) / Mayling Maria Chu ... 199 14 UNITED KINGDOM (Developed Nation-State) / Nic Groombridge ... 219 15 UNITED STATES (Developed Nation-State) / Gary Feinberg ... 229 Index ... 255 About the Editor and Contributors ... 261