"This book aims to provide relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings in the area of criminal justice reform on a global scale offering a variety of chapters written for criminal justice professionals, scholars, students, community advocates, and elected officials...

This century's major disasters from Hurricane Katrina and the Fukushima nuclear meltdown to devastating Nepalese earthquakes and the recent crippling volcanic eruptions and tsunamis in Tonga have repeatedly taught that government institutions are ill-prepared for major disaster events, leaving...