New Article: ‘The Art of Separating Out: Zones of Qualification and the Production of Illicit Economies in Johannesburg’s City Improvement Districts’

Abstract: While the illicit economy is generally conceived of as either a pre-existing outside reality or the product of governmental discourse, this article proposes to shift attention away from “the illicit economy“ towards the practices that constitute it. Building on actor-network theory, it studies the practices through which the illicit economy is produced in zones [...]

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 [...]

‘Non-state security and justice in fragile states: Lessons from Sierra Leone’

Summary: This Briefing Paper looks at the impact of the relative neglect of non-state actors in security and justice assistance in Sierra Leone. It calls for donors to address this state bias in their programming and sets out four rules for more frequent and more effective engagement with non-state security and justice providers in fragile [...]

Table of Contents Alert: British Journal of Criminology 52 (3)

See below for some of the articles that appear in the the latest issue of the British Journal of Criminology, 52 (3) Five Spaces of Cultural Criminology Keith J. Hayward Abstract: This article offers some reflections on the nature and role of space and spatial analysis in criminology. It proceeds in two parts. It starts [...]

‘Holding Police Accountability Theory to Account’

Abstract: Civilian oversight of police has and continues to be the focus of heated debate, in terms of its efficacy in tackling police misconduct. In recent decades, the debate has broadened as some researchers have argued in favour of a ‘holistic’ approachto police oversight. The latter combines the traditional ‘reactive’ functions (i.e. tacking cases of individual misconduct) with [...]

Book Review: Frederick Lemieux (2010) International Police Cooperation

Book Review: Frederick Lemieux (ed.) (2010) International Police Cooperation: Emerging Issues, Theory and Practice. Manning, P. (2011) Criminology and Criminal Justice, 11(4): 383-386. The topic of police cooperation, like all the key concepts in social science, is subject to debate and its meaning is either left unclear, assumed, or taken for granted. This standard operating [...]

The ‘Hidden Strength’ of Active Citizenship

Van Steden, R., van Caem, B., and Boutellier, H. (2011) The ‘Hidden Strength’ of Active Citizenship: The Involvement of Local Residents in Public Safety Projects. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 11(5): 433-450. The past two decades or so have seen a growing interest in ‘active’ (or ‘responsible’) citizenship within local public safety projects and programmes, but [...]

Security Sector Reform in Developing and Transitional Countries Revisited

Wulf, H. (2011) Security Sector Reform in Developing and Transitional Countries. In B. Austin, M. Fischer, H.J. Giessmann (eds.) Advancing Conflict Transformation: The Berghof Handbook II. Opladen/Framington Hills: Barbara Budrich Publishers. pp. 337-357. Security sector reform (SSR) is a relatively recent concept in state transformation, development and post-conflict peacebuilding. Notions of democratising societies, good governance [...]

The Practice of Crime Prevention

Berg, J. and Shearing, C. (2011) The Practice of Crime Prevention: Design Principles for more Effective Security Governance. ISS SA Crime Quarterly, 36: 23-30. South Africa has had a comprehensive crime prevention policy agenda for some time in the form of the 1996 National Crime Prevention Strategy and the 1998 White Paper on Safety and [...]

South African Crime Quarterly

Institute for Security Studies. (2011) South African Crime Quarterly, 36. For a number of years we have watched as the SAPS has descended into serious trouble. Sometimes it’s difficult to know whether the troubled state of the policing organisation is a figment of media exaggeration, or a reasonably true reflection. Over the past sixteen years [...]