The Truth about Crime: Sovereignty, Knowledge, Social Order. By J. Comaroff and J. L. Comaroff (The University of Chicago Press, 2016, 347 pp. (including index), 978-0-226-42491-0)

The Truth about Crime: Sovereignty, Knowledge, Social Order. By J. Comaroff and J. L. Comaroff (The University of Chicago Press, 2016, 347 pp. (including index), 978-0-226-42491-0) The Truth about Crime:…
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Drift: Illicit Mobility and Uncertain Knowledge. By J. Ferrell (University of California Press, 2018, 267 pp. £24.00, ISBN: 9780520295551).

Drift: Illicit Mobility and Uncertain Knowledge. By J. Ferrell (University of California Press, 2018, 267 pp. £, ISBN: 9780520295551). Drift: Illicit Mobility and Uncertain Knowledge. By FerrellJ.(University of California Press,…
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Probation and Politics: Academic Reflections from Former Practitioners. Edited by M. Vanstone and P. Priestley (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016, 412pp. £89.99 hb)

Probation and Politics: Academic Reflections from Former Practitioners. Edited by M. Vanstone and P. Priestley (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016, 412pp. £ hb) Probation and Politics: Academic Reflections from Former Practitioners. Edited…
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Community Policing Goes South: Policy Mobilities and New Geographies of Criminological Theory

Community Policing Goes South: Policy Mobilities and New Geographies of Criminological Theory AbstractPolicymakers seeking to design more effective crime control strategies increasingly reference ‘best practices’ developed in other contexts, enabling…
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Reinventing Punishment: A Comparative History of Criminology in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. By Michele Pifferi (Oxford University Press, 2016, 305 pp., hardcover £70, ISBN: 9780198743217)

Reinventing Punishment: A Comparative History of Criminology in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. By Michele Pifferi (Oxford University Press, 2016, 305 pp., hardcover £70, ISBN: 9780198743217) Reinventing Punishment: A Comparative…
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Conceptual Similarities; Distinct Difference: Exploring ‘The Gang’ in Mainland China

Conceptual Similarities; Distinct Difference: Exploring ‘The Gang’ in Mainland China AbstractThis article discusses the ‘gang’ in Mainland China. By drawing on extensive observation, 99 qualitative interviews with criminal justice practitioners,…
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‘Kill all the Sorcerers’: The Interconnections between Sorcery, Violence, War and Peace in Bougainville

‘Kill all the Sorcerers’: The Interconnections between Sorcery, Violence, War and Peace in Bougainville AbstractThis paper provides new insights into how violence in war structures peacetime violence by highlighting how…
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‘Well-Kent Faces’: Policing Persistent Offenders and the Possibilities for Desistance

‘Well-Kent Faces’: Policing Persistent Offenders and the Possibilities for Desistance AbstractThis article focuses on the policing of adult persistent offenders and its implications for desistance. It integrates the findings from…
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A Friendly Critique of ‘Asian Criminology’ and ‘Southern Criminology’

A Friendly Critique of ‘Asian Criminology’ and ‘Southern Criminology’ AbstractLike all other social sciences, criminology is characterized by an ethnocentrism that often excludes non-Western scholarship. ‘Asian criminology’ and ‘Southern criminology’…
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Drunk and Doubly Deviant? The Role of Gender and Intoxication in Sentencing Assault Offences

Drunk and Doubly Deviant? The Role of Gender and Intoxication in Sentencing Assault Offences AbstractLittle is known about how alcohol intoxication impacts sentence outcomes. This study assesses whether intoxication differentially…
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