A Guided Reader to Research in Comparative Criminology/criminal Justice
Title | A Guided Reader to Research in Comparative Criminology/criminal Justice PDF eBook |
Author | John Winterdyk |
Publisher | Brockmeyer Verlag |
Pages | 293 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Crime |
ISBN | 381960717X |
With this publication the editors offer the first comprehensive text designed to assist, facilitate and guide interested researchers in how to engage in comparative criminological/criminal justice research. The editors have collected a series of nine articles which serve to illustrate examples to facilitate the reader in how to conduct such research. Each of the articles is accompanied with a series of questions and useful web-links to further assist the reader and/or student.
Community Policing
Title | Community Policing PDF eBook |
Author | Dominique Wisler |
Publisher | CRC Press |
Pages | 344 |
Release | 2009-06-10 |
Genre | Computers |
ISBN | 1420093592 |
Community-oriented policing (COP) is the ideology and policy model espoused in the mission statements of nearly all policing forces throughout the world. However, the COP philosophy is interpreted differently by different countries and police forces, resulting in practices that may in fact run far afield of the community-based themes of partnership
Navorsingsverslag
Title | Navorsingsverslag PDF eBook |
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Publisher | |
Pages | 646 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Research |
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PULP Guide: Where to publish, Information on academic journals relevant to law and accredited by the Department of Education of South Africa (Second Edition)
Title | PULP Guide: Where to publish, Information on academic journals relevant to law and accredited by the Department of Education of South Africa (Second Edition) PDF eBook |
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Publisher | PULP |
Pages | 72 |
Release | |
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ISBN | 0981412440 |
South African Social Attitudes
Title | South African Social Attitudes PDF eBook |
Author | Udesh Pillay |
Publisher | HSRC Press |
Pages | 412 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9780796921178 |
A country’s attitudinal profile is as much a part of its social reality as are its demographic make-up, its culture and its distinctive social patterns. It helps to provide a nuanced picture of a country’s circumstances, its continuities and changes, its democratic health, and how it feels to live there. It also helps to measure the country's progress towards the achievement of its economic, social and political goals, based on the measurement of both 'objective' and 'subjective' realities. South African Social Attitudes: Changing Times, Diverse Voices is a new series aimed at providing an analysis of attitudes and values towards a wide range of social and political issues relevant to life in contemporary South African society. As the series develops, we hope that readers will be able to draw meaningful comparisons with the findings of previous years and thus develop a richer picture and deeper appreciation of changing South African social values. This, the first volume in the series, presents the public's responses during extensive nation-wide interviews conducted by the HSRC in late 2003. The findings are analysed in three thematic sections: the first provides an in-depth examination of race, class and politics; the second gives a critical assessment of the public's perceptions of poverty, inequality and service delivery, and the last explores societal values such as partner violence and moral attitudes. South African Social Attitudes is essential reading for anyone seeking a guide to contemporary social or political issues and debates. It should prove an indispensable tool not only for government policy-makers, social scientists and students, but also for general readers wishing to gain a better understanding of their fellow citizens and themselves.
Southernising Criminology
Title | Southernising Criminology PDF eBook |
Author | Luiz Dal Santo |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 294 |
Release | 2024-06-03 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1040035450 |
This book introduces the ‘Southern criminology’ movement; explores its theoretical, methodological, and philosophical tools; offers analytical accounts on the development of criminological thoughts in marginalised regions; and showcases the cutting edge of criminological research from Southern settings. Southernising Criminology is structured into three parts. The first part provides theoretical and methodological insights into how criminology can be Southernised, including renowned social scientists who share concerns for the need to reconceptualise the centre, the periphery, and their relations. The second part brings the reader up-to-date with the state of criminological research in different parts of the world and how far this landscape has changed when introducing Southern perspectives. The third part shows first-hand examples of how Southern criminology is done, with its challenges and transformative potential for criminological knowledge. Bringing together contributions from leading scholars working across the five continents and drawing on issues such as state criminality, violent crime, criminal justice practices, and state and non-state punishment, this book offers a critical account of the problems of metropolitan thinking, colonial and imperial power relations, and Western ethnocentric approaches to criminology. It offers a nuanced and grounded reflection on how things are being done differently and why that is important. An accessible and compelling read, this book will appeal to students and scholars of criminology, sociology, politics, and policy makers from around the world who are interested in the field of criminology and are aware of the urgent need for it to be decolonised and democratised.
Urbanization, Policing, and Security
Title | Urbanization, Policing, and Security PDF eBook |
Author | Gary Cordner |
Publisher | CRC Press |
Pages | 475 |
Release | 2009-12-16 |
Genre | Computers |
ISBN | 1420085581 |
In terms of raw numbers, the amount of world urban dwellers have increased four-fold, skyrocketing from 740 million in 1950 to almost 3.3 billion in 2007. This ongoing urbanization will continue to create major security challenges in most countries. Based on contributions from academics and practitioners from countries as diverse as Nigeria, Pakist