Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology articles from April 2004

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology archives from April 2004

Is communalism dead? Reflections on the present and future practice of crime prevention.(part one)
April 1, 2004... This article takes up a strange paradox or dissonance that characterises contemporary crime prevention, particularly in Australia. On the one hand, there is an ample literature pointing out the conceptual and practical drawbacks of "community"...

The New South Wales "Compstat" process: its impact on crime.
April 1, 2004... In January 1998 the New South Wales Police Service introduced a crime control strategy, modelled on the New York "Compstat" process. The strategy involved a series of "Operation and Crime Review (OCR) Panels" in which senior police provided...

Blood on the walls: self-mutilation in prisons.
April 1, 2004... Self-mutilation or self-harm is a recognised problem within custodial environments in the English-speaking world. This article utilises the work of Michel Foucault in relation to disciplinary power to provide a fresh analysis of this problem,...

Expanding the model of human nature underlying self-control theory: implications for the constructs of self-control and opportunity.
April 1, 2004... Self-control theory holds that human nature consists of selfish impulses whose satisfaction often entails offending. Modern behavioural science has discerned emotional systems and cognitive biases underlying tendencies to engage in prosocial...

Stakeholder perspectives on police complaints and discipline: towards a civilian control model.
April 1, 2004... This paper examines the case for independent investigation and adjudication of complaints against police, and the implications for restructuring of public sector institutions concerned with integrity. The need for external review of police...

A structural analysis of social disorganisation and crime in rural communities in Australia.
April 1, 2004... This paper extends research on rural crime beyond North America by analysing associations between census measures of community structures and officially reported crime in rural New South Wales (Australia). It employs social disorganisation...

Comment on "Oakeshott and the New Crime Prevention".(response to Paul Knepper, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, vol. 36, p. 338)
April 1, 2004... In the article by Paul Knepper titled "Oakeshott and the New Crime Prevention" published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, Volume 36, No. 3, pp. 338-353, the work of Michael Oakeshott, a 20th century British political...

Hate and Bias Crime: A Reader.(Book Review)
April 1, 2004... Barbara Perry (2003) Hate and Bias Crime: A Reader Routledge: New York, 520 pp., ISBN 0415944082. The last decade of the 20th century has seen a flurry of hate crime legislation and other state activities, none of which have had an...

Defending the Homeland: Domestic Intelligence, Law Enforcement, and Security.(Book Review)
April 1, 2004... Defending the Homeland: Domestic Intelligence, Law Enforcement, and Security By Jonathan R White (2004) Australia: Thomas Wadsworth, 128 pp., ISBN 0534621694 The Enemy Within: Intelligence Gathering, Law Enforcement, and Civil...

Dot.cons: Crime, Deviance and Identity on the Internet.(Book Review)
April 1, 2004... Dot.cons: Crime, Deviance and Identity on the Internet Edited by Yvonne Jewkes (2003) Cullompton: Willan Press, 256 pp., ISBN 1843920018 In the introduction to Dot.cons, Yvonne Jewkes comments that the Internet is the postmodern medium...