Gregory J. Howard is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Western Michigan University. His current research and practice is concerned with social movements, resistance and revolt, environmental sociology, comparative criminology, and pedagogy.Graeme Newman is Distinguished Teaching Professor of Criminal Justice at the State University of New York at Albany. For the U.N. he pioneered the establishment of the U.N. Crime and Justice Information Network, the first international criminal justice presence on the Internet. Professor Newman has written widely in criminal justice and other fields, and has written commercial software. Among the books he has written or edited are The Global Report on Crime and Justice (United Nations/Oxford 1998); Just and Painful: A Case for the Corporal Punishment of Criminals, 2nd Edition, (Harrow and Heston 1995); The Punishment Response, 2nd Edition, (Harrow and Heston 1985); and Comparative Deviance: Law and Perception in Six Cultures (Elsevier 1976).

• Introduction: Varieties of Comparative Criminology, Graeme Newman and Gregory J. HowardMicro-Macro Criminology, Shlomo Giora ShohamWhat Does the World Spend on Policing?, Graham Farrell, Erin Lake, Ken Clark and Andromachi TseloniIssues and Patterns in the Comparative International Study of Police Strength, Edward R. Maguire and Rebecca Schulte-MurrayWomen Justice, and Custom: The Discourse of “Good Custom” and “Bad Custom” in Papua New Guinea and Canada, Cyndi BanksConfronting the Contradiction: Global Capitalism and Environmental Health, Mark SeisToward a Universal Declaration of the Rule of Law: Implications for Criminal Justice and Sustainable Development, Adam C. Bouloukos and Brett DakinToward Comparative Studies of the U.S. Militia Movement, Joshua D. Freilich, Jeremy A. Pienik and Gregory J. HowardWomen Police in a Traditional Society: Test of a Western Model of Integration, Mangai NatarajanCrime Prevention Policy and Government Research: A Comparison of the United States and United Kingdom, Gloria Laycock and Ronald V. ClarkeList of Contributors Index