Conflict Politics And Crime

Author : Chris Cunneen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000256635

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Conflict, Politics and Crime by Chris Cunneen Pdf

Aboriginal people are grossly over-represented before the courts and in our gaols. Despite numerous inquiries, State and Federal, and the considerable funds spent trying to understand this phenomenon, nothing has changed. Indigenous people continue to be apprehended, sentenced, incarcerated and die in gaols. One part of this depressing and seemingly inexorable process is the behaviour of police. Drawing on research from across Australia, Chris Cunneen focuses on how police and Aboriginal people interact in urban and rural environments. He explores police history and police culture, the nature of Aboriginal offending and the prevalence of over-policing, the use of police discretion, the particular circumstances of Aboriginal youth and Aboriginal women, the experience of community policing and the key police responses to Aboriginal issues. He traces the pressures on both sides of the equation brought by new political demands. In exploring these issues, Conflict, Politics and Crime argues that changing the nature of contemporary relations between Aboriginal people and the police is a key to altering Aboriginal over-representation in the criminal justice system, and a step towards the advancement of human rights.

Author : Ted Robert Gurr,Peter N. Grabosky,Richard C. Hula
Publisher : SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Page : 816 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105036734361

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The Politics of Crime and Conflict by Ted Robert Gurr,Peter N. Grabosky,Richard C. Hula Pdf

'The Politics of Crime and Conflict is a significant contribution to the comparative study of criminal justice. Its strengths lie in the authors' rigorous scholarly analysis and attention to detail; the utility of the conceptual framework as an ordering device for the case studies; the often fresh and insightful conclusions the authors draw from their analysis of the diverse body of data they present; and the valuable heuristic contribution of Prof. Gurr's theoretical model of urban disorder. Finally, the study is well-written and remarkably free from jargon...' -- Policy Studies Journal, Vol 6 No 3, Spring 1978 '...one can only praise and applaud these authors' efforts to raise the study of urban crime and repression from

Author : John Wear Burton
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Conflict management
ISBN : 0719050480

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Violence Explained by John Wear Burton Pdf

In Violence Explained, John Burton presents a new approach to the problems of violence, conflict and crime, and explains how this can be used as a basis for public policy.

Author : Ted Robert Gurr
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:251810541

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The politics of crime and conflict by Ted Robert Gurr Pdf

Author : Vincenzo Ruggiero
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2006-03-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780335227679

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Understanding Political Violence by Vincenzo Ruggiero Pdf

Understanding Political Violence introduces political violence in the context of sociological and criminological debates. The author distinguishes between political violence from below, for example collective violence, insurgency, armed struggle and terrorism; and political violence from above, which includes indiscriminate repression, institutional and state violence, torture and war. Vincenzo Ruggiero discusses and critiques the contribution of criminological theory to understanding political violence. He draws on stimulating case studies to illustrate the theory, including interviews with former members of the Red Army Faction in Germany and the Brigate Rosse in Italy. The concluding chapter examines the recent development of a criminology of war and calls for a general ceasefire and the criminalisation of war, the most extreme form of institutional violence. This is essential reading for students and researchers in criminology, political studies, sociology, and war and conflict studies.

Author : Svante Cornell,Michael Jonsson
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780812208986

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Conflict, Crime, and the State in Postcommunist Eurasia by Svante Cornell,Michael Jonsson Pdf

In the years after the collapse of the Soviet Union and its zone of influence, few insurgent groups had the resources necessary to confront regular armies. At the same time, state-sponsored financial support for insurgencies dramatically decreased. The pressing need to raise funds for war and the weakness of law enforcement in conflict zones create fertile conditions for organized crime; indeed, there is a mounting body of evidence correlating armed conflict and illicit economy, though the nature of this link and its impact on regional politics has not been well understood. Conflict, Crime, and the State in Postcommunist Eurasia explores the relationship between ideologically motivated insurgents, profit-motivated crime, and state institutions in eight conflict zones. Through detailed case studies, the contributors demonstrate how the operations and incentives of insurgents may emerge and shift over time: for some armed groups, crime can become an end in itself beyond a financial means, but not all armed groups equally adapt to illicit commerce. They also show how the criminalization of state institutions is a lingering concerns even after armed conflicts end. Conflict, Crime, and the State in Postcommunist Eurasia places the case studies along a continuum of political and criminal behavior, examining the factors that motivate insurgents to seek out criminal alliance, how this connection affects the dynamics of conflict, and what risks remain during postconflict transition. These findings will provide a better understanding of the types of challenges likely to confront peacekeeping and statebuilding endeavors in other parts of the world. Contributors: Jana Arsovska, Svante Cornell, Johan Engvall, Michael Jonsson, Alexandru Molcean, Niklas Nilsson, Murad Batal al-Shishani, Natalie Verständig.

Author : Mark Kersten
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-04
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780191082948

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Justice in Conflict by Mark Kersten Pdf

What happens when the international community simultaneously pursues peace and justice in response to ongoing conflicts? What are the effects of interventions by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the wars in which the institution intervenes? Is holding perpetrators of mass atrocities accountable a help or hindrance to conflict resolution? This book offers an in-depth examination of the effects of interventions by the ICC on peace, justice and conflict processes. The 'peace versus justice' debate, wherein it is argued that the ICC has either positive or negative effects on 'peace', has spawned in response to the Court's propensity to intervene in conflicts as they still rage. This book is a response to, and a critical engagement with, this debate. Building on theoretical and analytical insights from the fields of conflict and peace studies, conflict resolution, and negotiation theory, the book develops a novel analytical framework to study the Court's effects on peace, justice, and conflict processes. This framework is applied to two cases: Libya and northern Uganda. Drawing on extensive fieldwork, the core of the book examines the empirical effects of the ICC on each case. The book also examines why the ICC has the effects that it does, delineating the relationship between the interests of states that refer situations to the Court and the ICC's institutional interests, arguing that the negotiation of these interests determines which side of a conflict the ICC targets and thus its effects on peace, justice, and conflict processes. While the effects of the ICC's interventions are ultimately and inevitably mixed, the book makes a unique contribution to the empirical record on ICC interventions and presents a novel and sophisticated means of studying, analyzing, and understanding the effects of the Court's interventions in Libya, northern Uganda - and beyond.

Author : Jackson Nyamuya Maogoto
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Pub
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1588262529

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War Crimes and Realpolitik by Jackson Nyamuya Maogoto Pdf

Exploring the evolution and operation of the international criminal justice system and highlighting the influences of politics, this book takes the reader behind the scenes of the conflict between justice and realpolitik.

Author : Daniel Kirkpatrick
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000698893

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Political Expression and Conflict Transformation in Divided Societies by Daniel Kirkpatrick Pdf

This book considers how the social construction of crime and the criminalising of political expression impact upon different stages in a violent political conflict. The freedom to express our political opinions is regarded as an essential human right throughout most of the world, and yet, in defence of our security, governments often place various restrictions on it. This book directly considers what these restrictions are in the context of deeply divided societies to understand how they impact upon intergroup relations in four different contexts: nonviolent movements, counter-insurgency, peace negotiations, and post-settlement peacebuilding. Drawing on an extensive body of original interviews and archival material, the volume analyses this relationship through an in-depth consideration of Northern Ireland and South Africa, followed by a wider analysis of Turkey, Sri Lanka, Belgium, and Canada. The overarching argument is that the implications of criminalising political expression depend on both its ‘target’ and the wider social reality it contributes towards. This book will be of much interest to students of conflict resolution, transitional justice, law, and International Relations.

Author : Peter Andreas,Kelly M. Greenhill
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780801458309

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Sex, Drugs, and Body Counts by Peter Andreas,Kelly M. Greenhill Pdf

At least 200,000-250,000 people died in the war in Bosnia. "There are three million child soldiers in Africa." "More than 650,000 civilians have been killed as a result of the U.S. occupation of Iraq." "Between 600,000 and 800,000 women are trafficked across borders every year." "Money laundering represents as much as 10 percent of global GDP." "Internet child porn is a $20 billion-a-year industry." These are big, attention-grabbing numbers, frequently used in policy debates and media reporting. Peter Andreas and Kelly M. Greenhill see only one problem: these numbers are probably false. Their continued use and abuse reflect a much larger and troubling pattern: policymakers and the media naively or deliberately accept highly politicized and questionable statistical claims about activities that are extremely difficult to measure. As a result, we too often become trapped by these mythical numbers, with perverse and counterproductive consequences. This problem exists in myriad policy realms. But it is particularly pronounced in statistics related to the politically charged realms of global crime and conflict-numbers of people killed in massacres and during genocides, the size of refugee flows, the magnitude of the illicit global trade in drugs and human beings, and so on. In Sex, Drugs, and Body Counts, political scientists, anthropologists, sociologists, and policy analysts critically examine the murky origins of some of these statistics and trace their remarkable proliferation. They also assess the standard metrics used to evaluate policy effectiveness in combating problems such as terrorist financing, sex trafficking, and the drug trade.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2009-03-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264060173

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Conflict and Fragility Armed Violence Reduction Enabling Development by OECD Pdf

Each year, 740 000 people die as a result of armed violence. This publication will help the international community to understand the dynamics of armed violence and outlines what can be done to reduce it.

Author : Ted Robert Gurr
Publisher : SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1976-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UCAL:B4396376

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Rogues Rebels and Reformers by Ted Robert Gurr Pdf

Studies the effects on public order of reforms in criminal justice systems in four of the world's great cities--London, Stockholm, Sydney, and Calcutta. The results supply dramatic evidence that not only is there no easy solution to the dilemma of crime in our times, but that for modern democratic societies crime may well be one of the inevitable prices we pay for freedom.

Author : American Society of Criminology
Publisher : New York : Praeger
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Crime
ISBN : UOM:39015050562951

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Politics and Crime by American Society of Criminology Pdf

Author : M. Addison
Publisher : Springer
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2002-03-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230535688

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Violent Politics by M. Addison Pdf

Violent politics in Northern Ireland has lasted thirty years and cost four thousand lives and billions of pounds. Many such conflicts afflict the world. This book describes the search for causes and solutions. It identifies the key factors driving violent politics and the range of counter-strategies. It analyzes the course of the troubles in Northern Ireland, and the results of the countermeasures used. The conclusions are disturbing. The recommendations are controversial, but difficult to escape.

Author : Guillermo Trejo,Sandra Ley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781108841740

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Votes, Drugs, and Violence by Guillermo Trejo,Sandra Ley Pdf

When widespread state-criminal collusion persists in transitions from autocracy to democracy, electoral competition becomes a catalyst of large-scale criminal violence.