Table of Contents Alert: Criminology & Public Policy 11 (2)

See below for some of the latest articles published in the latest edition of Criminology & Public Policy 11 (2) Getting deterrence right?: Evaluation evidence and complementary crime control mechanisms Anthony A. Braga Crime as Pollution: Lessons from Environmental Regulation Daniel S. Nagin Some Problems with Place-Based Crime Policies Dan A. Black and Kyung Park [...]

‘The State of the Nation, Government Priorities and Women in South Africa’

Government’s priorities affect all South Africans, the majority of whom are women and girls. Particularly black women and girls suffer multiple forms of discrimination and are among the most socioeconomically disadvantaged groups in South Africa. This review gauges how the priorities set for 2012 will affect the social and economic status of women, and measures [...]

‘Morality, Markets, and the ASC: 2011 Presidential Adress to American Society of Criminology’

Abstract:  This Presidential Address explores the possibilities for fruitful multilevel theorizing in criminology by proposing an integration of insights from situational action theory (SAT), a distinctively micro-level perspective, with insights from institutional anomie theory (IAT), a distinctively macro-level perspective. These perspectives are strategic candidates for integration because morality plays a central role in both. IAT [...]

Summoning the Superheroes

Travis, J. (2011) Summoning the Superheroes: Harnessing Science and Passion to Create A More Effective and Humane Response to Crime. Key Note Address. Washington D.C.:The National Press Club. Judge Hughes, Marc Mauer, dear friends: I am honored to have been invited to deliver this keynote address as we celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Sentencing [...]

Establishing Police Authority and Civilian Compliance in Post-apartheid Johannesburg

Steinberg, J. (2011) ‘Establishing Police Authority and Civilian Compliance in Post-apartheid Johannesburg: An Argument from the Work of Egon’, Policing and Society Advanced Access. Egon Bittner’s seminal insight is that a precondition of democratic policing is a demand for it among the general population. What happens when that demand is absent? What happens, in other [...]

Neighborhood Accountability Boards

Schiff, M., G. Bazemore and M. Brown. (2011) ‘Neighborhood Accountability Boards: The Strength of Weak Practices and Prospects for a ― “Community Building” Restorative Model’, Journal of Law and Policy 36(17): 17-46. In the mid-1990s, restorative justice practices became known to a number of criminal and juvenile justice practitioners and justice reform advocates. While the [...]

Understanding Cooperation with Police in a Diverse Society

Murphy, K. and A. Charney (2011) ‘Understanding Cooperation With Police in a Diverse Society’, British Journal of Criminology Advanced Access. Past research has shown that procedural justice enhances an authority’s legitimacy and encourages people to cooperate with them. However, this past research has examined legitimacy by focusing solely on the perceived legitimacy of authorities and [...]

Problems of Power in the Design of Indicators of Safety and Justice in the Global South

Stone, C. E. (2011) ‘Problems of Power in the Design of Indicators of Safety and Justice in the Global South’, Indicators in Development Safety and Justice April. In matters of government, indicators are instruments of power. They are not merely this, for indicators can also be sources of insight and pride, promoting good governance through [...]

Towards a Third Phase of Regulation

Berg, J. and J. Nouveau (2011) ‘Towards a Third Phase of Regulation: Re-Imagining Private Security in South Africa’, SA Crime Quarterly, 38:23-32. With the legislative review of police oversight currently taking place in South Africa, now is a good time to reflect on the regulation of the private security industry. This article does so by [...]

Punishment and the Body in the ‘Old’ and ‘New’ South Africa

Super, G. (2011) Punishment and the Body in the ‘Old’ and ‘New’ South Africa: A Story of Punitivist Humanism. Theoretical Criminology, 15(4): 427–443. This paper analyses official discourse about punishment in South Africa, from 1976 to 2004. It frames punishment as a form of governance which is both connected to, and separate from, the Anglo/American/European [...]