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 [...]

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 [...]

‘Creating Parallel Public Spaces through Private Governments: A South African Case Study’

Abstract : This paper argues that in central Cape Town different public spaces exist in parallel to each other, continuing the long history of dysfunctional public spaces in South Africa. While some have suggested that the recent spread of privately governed and policed public spaces means that they have become privatised and form part of [...]

‘Local Politics and the Circulation of Community Security Initiatives in Johannesburg’

Abstract : The article analyses the emergence and circulation of community-driven security initiatives in two types of setting in Johannesburg, South Africa: street patrols and community courts in pre-apartheid and apartheid townships on the one hand; road closures in post-apartheid middle-class suburbs on the other. In spite of the obvious contrasts, the two types of [...]

‘Circulation of Security Models in Southern African Cities: Between Neoliberal Encroachment and Local Power Dynamics’

Abstract :   This symposium focuses on the circulation of security governance models in cities of Southern Africa (Johannesburg, Cape Town, Windhoek and Maputo). It consists of three articles analysing at different scales (regional, national and intra-urban) the circulation of specific neighbourhood-based solutions to security issues, such as road closures, gated residential developments and business [...]

‘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 [...]

From Market for Force to Market for Peace

Gumedze, S. (ed.)(2011) ‘From Market for Force to Market for Peace: Private Military and Security Companies in Peacekeeping Operations’, ISS Monograph 183. This monograph contributes to the debate on the use of private military and security companies (PMSCs). Its specific focus is on the proliferation of these private actors in peacekeeping operations on the African [...]