Introduction -- Comparative criminal justice : comparing crime across countries -- Systems of law: common law, civil law, socialist law, Islamic law, indigenous law -- Policing -- Courts and criminal procedure -- Punishment -- Juvenile justice -- Transitional justice : justice, forgiveness and impunity -- The International Criminal Court -- Transnational crime -- Human trafficking across borders -- Terrorism -- Violence against women -- Human rights and cultural relativism : female circumcision and child soldiers.