Envisioning Justice: From Local to Global

• DOI: 10.1177/10575677211001434
• Published date: 01 June 2021
• Author: Stefan Schumann,Yuliya Zabyelina,Vesna Markovic
• Date: 01 June 2021
• Subject Matter: Introduction

Introduction

Envisioning Justice: From Local

to Global

Stefan Schumann

1

, Vesna Markovic

2

,

and Yuliya Zabyelina

3

In spring 2019, the International Section of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS)

called for papers on international aspects of criminal justice relating (nonexhaustively) to transna-

tional crime(s), migration and criminal justice, war and criminal justice, globalized economy and

criminal justice, or comparative criminal justice. The call for papers was titled “Envisioning Justice:

From Local to Global”—which one might think is a rather broad title. Yet, the chosen topic was not

only the overarching theme of the 2019 annual meeting of the ACJS, scheduled to be held in March

2020 in San Antonio, but it was also a call for the International Section of the ACJS (ACJS IS) to

showcase truly outstanding research on international and comparative criminal justice produced by

its members. The response to the call was impressive and we were pleased to receive a plethora of

high-quality submissions to the special issue.

Members of the ACJS IS are scholars and practitioners who would like to promote scholarship

and teaching in international and comparative criminal justice curriculum development. The section

holds an annual meeting and reception at the site of the ACJS general meeting every year. These

events provide an opportunity for members to advance scholarship, teaching, and service in the

broad area of international and comparative criminal justice studies.

We are proud to release the present special issue of the International Criminal Justice Review

(ICJR) which includes the best papers submitted to the call by the ACJS IS. Taken together, the

selected papers demonstrate the creativity and diversity of research in international and comparative

criminal justice. They highlight connections to and differences from research in other relevant fields

of criminology, criminal justice, policing, to name a few, offering important details and nuance

between different theoretical approaches and methodologies.

For example, Aim´ee X. Delaney’s article “Intersections of Childhood Victimization Experiences,

Gender, and Dominance: The Makings for Sexual Coercion Transnationally?” aims to achieve a

better understanding of the cultural influences on perpetration of sexually coercive behaviors based

on a transnational analysis and comparison. Mateus Renn´o Santos, Alexander Testa, and Douglas B.

Weiss extend our knowledge on economic conditions as driving forces behind homicide in their

1

Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

2

Lewis University, Romeoville, IL, USA

3

John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, USA

Corresponding Author:

Stefan Schumann, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenberger Strasse 69, Linz 4040, Austria.

Email: stefan.schumann@jku.at

International CriminalJustice Review

2021, Vol. 31(2) 104-105

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