Future Agendas for the Study of International Crime

Most of the history of crime has been written on a small scale. Historians have examined developments within a single country, often at the level of counties and cities. However, the history of international crime has started to appear, including studies of the white slave trade, anarchist violence and drug smuggling. International crime is a particularly important topic for historians. Criminologists and other social scientists suggest that we are currently living at the end of one age and t..