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Recent articles by Centre of Criminology staff and students during 2009 to 2011 in the field of physical security

Books


Johnston, L. & Shearing, C. 2011. (eds). Innovative Possibilities: Global Policing Research and Practice (Police Practice and Research) IPES Series. Routledge.

Ayling, J, Grabosky,P. & Shearing, C. 2009. Lengthening the Arm of the Law: Enhancing Police Resources in the 21st Century.Cambridge University Press.

Van der Spuy, E. & Tait, S. (eds) 2010. Cooperation and Accountability in the Cross-Border Policing of Southern Africa. African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum (APCOF) and the University of Cape Town.

Articles


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.

Berg, J. & Shearing, C. 2011. ‘The Practice of Crime Prevention: Design Principles for More Effective Security Governance’: SA Crime Quarterly, 36: 23-30.

Shearing, C. & Marks, M. 2011. ‘Being a New Police in the Liquid 21st Century.’ Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, 5(2): 1-9.

Shearing, C. 2011. ‘Re-considering the Field of Policing: A Review of The Policing Web,’ Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice. 53(3): 325-342.

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.

Super, G. 2011. ‘Like Some Rough Beast Slouching Towards Bethlehem to be Born: A historical Perspective on the Institution of the Prison in South Africa’, 1976-2004’ British Journal of Criminology , 51(1): 201-221.

Super, G. (2011) Book Review: M. Tonry: Thinking about Punishment: Penal Policy Across Space, Time and Discipline Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2009, International Criminal Justice Review , 21: 78-80.

Wood, J., Shearing, C. & Froestad, J. 2011. ‘Restorative Justice and Nodal Governance.’ International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice , 35(1):1-18.

van der Spuy, E. 2011. 'Police and the Policing of Conflict Reflections from Africa', African Security Review, 20(4): 1-4.

van der Spuy, E. 2011. 'Policing Beyond the Domestic Sphere', African Security Review, 20(4): 34-44.

Berg, J. 2010. “Seeing like Private Security: Evolving Mentalities of Public Space Protection in South Africa”. Criminology and Criminal Justice. 10(3):287-301.

Shearing, C. & Johnston, L. 2010. Nodal Wars and Network Fallacies: A Genealogical Analysis of Global Insecurities. Theoretical Criminology. 14(4): 1-20.

Shearing, C. 2010. Introduction to the Series. Police Practice & Research. 11(5): 451-453.

Super, G. 2010. ‘The Spectacle of Crime in the “New” South Africa: A Historical Perspective (1976-2004)’, British Journal of Criminology, March.

Book Chapters

Froestad, J. & Shearing, C. 2011 ‘Re-imagining Justice from the Bottom Up’ in Carnelley, M. and Hoctor, S. (eds). Law, Order and Liberty: Essays in Honour of Tony Matthews. University of Kwa-Zulu Natal Press.

Kinnes, I. 2011 ‘Political Violance in South Africa’ in Johnson, K. and Jacobs, S. (eds). Encyclopaedia of South Africa, Lynne Reiner. pp. 242-244.

Shearing, C. & Marks, M. 2011 ‘Criminology’s Disney World: The Ethnographer’s Ride of South African Criminal Justice’ in Bosworth, M. & Hoyle, C. (eds). What is Criminology . Oxford: Oxford University Press.pp.125-140.

Van der Spuy, E. 2011. 'Vigilantism’. in Johnson, K. & Jacobs, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of South Africa. Lynne Rienner.

Berg, J. & van der Spuy, E. 2010. ‘Challenges for the Good Governance of Security in the African Context’, in Idriss, M., Jendly, M., Karn, J. & M. Mulone (Eds) International Report on Crime Prevention and Community Safety: Trends and Perspectives, 2010. Montreal: International Centre for the Prevention of Crime. pp. 123-125.

Dinnen,S., Cartwright, J., Jenneker, M., Shearing, C., Wai, I., & Maia, P. 2010. ‘Community-building and Security: Case Studies’ in Luker, V. & Dinnen,S.(eds). Civic Insecurity Law, Order and HIV in Papua New Guinea. Canberra: The Australian National University E Press. pp. 237 -264. Available online: http://epress.anu.edu.au/civic_insecurity_citation.html.

Hentschel, C. & Berg, J. 2010. ‘Policing South African Cities: Plural and Spatial Perspectives’, in Cools, M., De Kimpe, S., Dormaels, A., Easton, M., Enhus, E., Ponsaers, P., Vande Walle, G. & A. Verhage (Eds) Police, Policing, Policy and the City in Europe. The Hague: Eleven International Publishing. pp. 147-174.

Leman-Langlois, S and Shearing, C. 2010. ‘Policing and Surveillance’ Background paper developed for inclusion in Modes and Patterns of Social Control: Implications for Human Rights Policy. Geneva: International Council on Human Rights.

Monyane, C. 2010. 'Operation Rachel: A Case Study in Cross-border Police Co-operation'. In Sean Tait & Elrena van der Spuy eds. Cooperation and accountability in the Cross-border Policing of Southern Africa. Cape Town: APCOF Centre of Criminology, University of Cape Town.

Shearing, C. 2010. ‘The Curious Case of the Patten Report’ in Doyle, J. (ed). Policing the Narrow Ground: Lessons from the Transformation of Policing in Northern Ireland. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp 27-38.

Shearing, C. & Froestad, J. 2010. ‘Nodal Governance and the Zwelethemba Model’ in Quirk, H., Seddon, T. and Smith, G. (eds). Regulation and Criminal Justice: Innovations in Policy and Research. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp 103-133.

Shearing, C. & Marks, M. 2010 In Press. ‘Criminology’s Disney World: The Ethnographer’s Ride of South African Criminal Justice’ in Bosworth, M. & Hoyle, C. (eds). What is Criminology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Van der Spuy, E. 2010 ‘Police Co-operation in the Context of Peacebuilding: observations from African Quarters’ in Lemieux, F.(ed). International Police Co-operation: Emerging Issues, Theory and Practice. Willan.

Vander Spuy, E & Lever, J. 2010. 'Crime Prevention and Community in Africa'. Global Consortium on Security Transformation. Working Paper Series (6).

Van der Spuy, E. 2010. "The World Cup 2010 and Police Cooperation: The South African Case" in Tait S. & van der Spuy, E. (eds). Cooperation and accountability in the Cross-border Policing of Southern Africa. Cape Town: APCOF Centre of Criminology, University of Cape Town.

Ebai, Eban. 2009. The right to self-determination and the anglophone Cameroon situation. The International Journal of Human Rights 13(5): 631–653.

Hein,W., Burris, S. and Shearing, C. 2009. “Conceptual Models for Global Health Governance”. In Buse, K., Hein, W. and Drager, N.(eds.) Making Sense of Global Health Governance: A Policy Perspective. Basingstoke Palgrave Macmillan. The article is available online here.

Kinnes, I. 2009. Uniforms, plastic cops and the madness of 'Superman': an exploration of the dynamics shaping the policing of gangs in Cape Town. South African Journal of Criminal Justice. 22(2): 176-193.

Kinnes, Irvin. 2009. 'Criminal Justice in Africa' in The theory and practice of criminal justice in Africa. African Human Security Initiative. ISS Monograph Series No 161, June 2009. Read the book chapter on the ISS website here.

Marks, M., Shearing, C & Wood. J. 2009. Who should the police be? Finding a new narrative for community policing in South Africa. Police Practice and Research. 10(2)145-156.

Marks, M., Shearing, C & Wood, J. 2009 “A Thin or a Thick Blue Line? Exploring Alternative Models for Community Policing and the Police Role in South Africa” . In Grabosky, P. ed. Community Policing and Peacekeeping. CRC/Taylor and Francis.

May, A. 2009. Review Article. Taming the Leviathan in Johannesburg's townships: Does a Hobbesian moral compass apply to policing in the twenty-first century? . Police Practice and Research. 10 (5&6): 521-527.

Mutongwizo, T. 2009. Foreign fears? An exploratory study of perceptions and fear of crime in South Africa amongst international students at the University of Cape Town. Paper presented at the UNISA conference.

Ruteere, Mutuma.2009.If you can bomb Africa to enforce good governance, why spare the US. The Daily Nation.
Reacting to Prof Paul Collier’s book that patronises ‘unsuccessful’ Sub Saharan states and others, the writer rejects its imperialistic tone, noting that Africa has handled its governance and security problems well. Read the full text of the article here .

Shearing, C & Johnston, L 2009. From a 'dialogue of the deaf' to a 'dialogue of listening': towards a new methodology of policing, research and practice. Police Practice and Research. 10 (5&6): 411-414.

Shearing, C & Wood, J. 2009 Nodal Governance en veiligheidszorg. De nodale politiefunctie.. pp11-28.

Shearing, C & Stenning, P.C. 2009. Reform in The Sage Dictionary of Policing ed. A Wakefield & J Fleming.

Shearing, C and Cartwright, J. 2009. Introduction in Criminal (In)Justice in South Africa: A Civil Society Perspective ed. By Gould, C. African Security Governance: Emerging Issues. ISS.

Van der Spuy, E.2009. What is SAPS 'doing' in Kinshasa? Exploring the dynamics of South-South police building.South African Journal of Criminal Justice.22(2): 194-212.

Van der Spuy, E. 2009. Interview with Director Jeremy Veary. In Das, D. & O. Marenin (eds) Trends in Policing: Interviews with Police Leaders across the globe: Views from within. Published in collaboration with Police Practice and Research.

Van der Spuy, E. 2009. Transforming Safety and Security in Southern Africa: Some Trends and More Challenges. In Cawthra, G. (ed) Security Sector Reform in SADC. Wits University Press.

Van der Spuy, E. 2009. Police Cooperation in the Southern African Region: Politics and Practicalities. Crime Law and Social Change. 51:243-259.

Conference and Workshop Papers


Berg, J. and S. Nakueira (2011) Auspices of Security Governance: FIFA and the 2010 Soccer World Cup. Paper presented at the 11th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, Vilnius, Lithuania, 21-24 September 2011.

Berg, J. and S. Nakueira (2011) Security governance innovations: the effects of FIFA’s governance on the policing of the 2010 World Cup. Paper presented at the 16th World Congress of the International Society for Criminology, Kobe, Japan, 5-9 August 2011.

Unpublished Reports:


Berg, J. and S. Nakueira (2011) Best Principles of Collaborative Security Governance: Lessons from the 2010 Soccer World Cup. Research report, Centre of Criminology, UCT.

Feltes, Thomas. 2009. Building Peace and Justice in Countries in Transition: The Kosovo Experience. University of Cape Town, Centre of Criminology. Access the occasional paper here>.

Physical Security Links

Links to role players in security and governance research and policy.

ACCESS Africa Centre for Climate and Earth System Science
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African Policing
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African Security Dialogue and Research (ASDR)
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Afrimap
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Australia and New Zealand Society of Criminology (ANZSOC)
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Australian Institute of Criminology
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British Home Office - Research, Development and Statistics Directorate
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Cambridge University, Institute of Criminology
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Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation
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Centre of Criminology (Cape Town)
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Centre for Security Sector Management
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CLEEN
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Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative
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Criminal Justice Matters
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CSIR Crime Prevention Centre
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Centre for Law and Society Edinburgh
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Global Governance Project
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Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood. Freie University, Berlin
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Governance, Justice, Law and Order Sector (GJLOS) Reform
Programme in Kenya
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Human Security Report Project
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Institute for Democracy in South Africa (idasa)
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Institute for Security Studies
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Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge
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John Jay Criminal Justice Center
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Keele University, Department of Criminology (UK)
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Monash Centre for Regulatory Studies
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Nordic Africa Institute
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Oxford University, Centre for Criminology
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Police Futurists
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Queens University, Belfast. Criminology and Criminal Justice.
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REGNET - regulatory institutions network
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Regupedia is an interactive bibliography of regulatory publications.
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South Centre Organisation is an intergovernmental policy think tank for developing countries.
You can sign up for their free electronic newsletter.
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University of Jos
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University of Kwazulu Natal, Sociology Department
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University of Mbara
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University of South Africa Criminology Department
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University of Toronto, Centre of Criminology
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Key Journals:

Physical Observatory Monthly Alerts

These reports contain recent references in the field of policing, governance of security and crime prevention between 2007 and 2010.

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