James O. Finckenauer is a Professorial Fellow in the Division of Global Affairs at Rutgers University, USA. He previously served the School of Criminal Justice from 1974 to 2011 as an Associate Professor, Professor I, and Professor II. He also served as President of the NJ Council of Educational Institutions for Law Enforcement, the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, and the International Association for the Study of Organized Crime. He was a visiting professor in Australia, China, Germany, Japan, and Russia, and studied or lectured in Europe, Asia, the former Soviet Union, Latin America, and the Middle East. From 1998 to 2002, he was Director of the International Center at the National Institute of Justice of the U.S. Department of Justice, while on academic leave; and in 2007 he was a Fulbright Senior Specialist in Hong Kong.

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• Introduction to the Second Edition 1. Legal Socialization in Disparate Legal Contexts 2. Foundations for the Study of Legal Socialization 3. Law and Law Reform 4. Crime, Delinquency, and Youth Problems 5. Corruption, the Shadow Economy, and Organized Crime: An Unsavory Context for Learning Legality 6. The Joys and Sorrows of Cross-Cultural Research 7. A Soviet and an American View of the Law 8. Law and Deviance through the Eyes of Russian Youth 9. Three Perspectives: American, Soviet, and Russian 10. Voices of a New Russia