Issues of vital criminological research and policy significance abound in the global South, with important implications for South/North relations security justice. Having a theoretical framework capable appreciating this dynamic will contribute to criminology being able better understand challenges present future. We employ southern theory reflexive (and not reductive) way elucidate power embedded hierarchal production knowledge that privileges theories, assumptions methods based largely on...

Abstract During the early stages of COVID‐19 pandemic, reports emerged that lockdowns were increasing prevalence domestic and family violence (DFV) in Australia across world. The restrictions necessary to contain pandemic. However, leaders sector expressed concerns during 2020 these would lead escalation violence. Calling it a shadow United Nations Secretary‐General urged all governments prioritise prevention against women their national response plan for COVID‐19. To gain some insight into...

Over the last two decades, new trajectories have taken hold in criminology—the study of masculinity and crime, after a century neglect, geography crime. This article brings both those fields together to analyse impact globalization resources sector on frontier cultures violence. paper approaches this issue through case masculinities violence communities at forefront generating resource extraction for global economies. argues that high rates among men living work camps these socio-spatial...

Until the 1970s mining leases were issued by state governments subject to conditions that companies build or substantially finance local community infrastructure, including housing, streets, transport, schools, hospitals and recreation facilities [Houghton (1993). Long-distance commuting: A new approach in Australia. The Geographical Journal, 159(3), 281–290]. Townships communities went hand with development. However, past 30 years have moved progressively an expeditionary strategy for...

Australia is currently in the midst of a major resources boom. Resultant growing demands for labour regional and remote areas have accelerated recruitment non-resident workers, mostly contractors, who work extended block rosters 12-hour shifts are accommodated camps, often adjacent to established mining towns. Serious social impacts these practices, including violence crime, generally escaped industry, government academic scrutiny. This paper highlights some on affected communities workers...

Women’s police stations are a distinctive innovation that emerged in postcolonial nations of the global south second half twentieth century to address violence against women. This article presents results world-first study unique way these stations, called Comisaría de la Mujer, prevent gender-based Province Buenos Aires, Argentina. One five this was established with mandate preventing gender violence. Little is currently known about how multidisciplinary model policing (which includes...

This article critically assesses the main social policy responses to preventing rape following much feminist struggle make sexual violence a public matter of legitimate concern. It considers preventative potential legal measures, anti-violence campaigns waged by and men's groups in US Australia, education Schools Universities, awareness sponsored state. We argue that is not amenable quick fix strategies place responsibility for prevention entirely on individual men or women. While we...

Journal Article Masculinity, Rurality And Violence Get access Kerry Carrington, Carrington Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar John Scott * School of Behavioural, Cognitive and Social Science, University New England, Armidale 2351, Australia; jscott6@une.edu.au. The British Criminology, Volume 48, Issue 5, September 2008, Pages 641–666, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azn031 Published: 23 June 2008

Preface by Elliott Currie 1. Critical criminologies: an introduction Kerry Carrington and Russell Hogg Part 1: Issues debates in critical criminology 2. Defining 'power' challenging 'knowledge': analysis as resistance the UK Phil Scraton 3. United States: Berkeley School theoretical trajectories Herman Schwendinger, Julia R. Schwendinger Michael J. Lynch 4. 'Losing my religion': reflections on Australia David Brown 5. Feminism criminology: confronting genealogies 2: New directions challenges...

One of the significant shortcomings criminological canon, including its critical strands—feminist, cultural and green—has been urbancentric bias. In this theoretical model, rural communities are idealised as conforming to typical small-scale traditional societies based on cohesive organic forms solidarity close density acquaintance networks. This article challenges myth that relatively crime free places 'moral virtue' with no need for a closer scrutiny context, places, peoples about other...

This book is one of a series on contemporary social issues. It provides painstakingly researched analysis the phenomenon sex trafficking. As author Kathryn Farr points out, not all that contemporary, as women and children have historically been trafficked enslaved for purposes prostitution, particularly during war: in World War II southern islands Okinawa, Philippines, Hawaii, Liberia, Japan, Korean war, Vietnam more recently Bosnia Rwanda. links to military socialization, especially its...

Abstract Using Elias and Scotson's (1994) account of established‐outsider relations, this article examines how the organizational capacity specific social groups is significant in determining quality crime‐talk isolated rural settings. In particular, ‘oldness’ notions what constitutes ‘community’ are activities individuals salient within crime‐talk. Individual group interviews, conducted a West Australian mining town, revealed an artefact figurations relative ability to act as cohesive...

This article is based on research we conducted in two agricultural communities as part of a broader study that included mining rural Australia.The data from the locations tell different story to communities.In latter, alcohol-fuelled, male-on-male assaults public places caused considerable anxiety among informants.By contrast, people seemed more troubled by hidden violent harms which were largely privatised and individualised, including self-harm, suicide, isolation threats men's general...