Vol. 28, No. 1 (Spring 2004)
CONTENTS, Spring 2004
Articles
1. Global and Local Policing: Common Principles for the Future of PolicingAuthors: McGarrell E.F. IJCACJ, 2004: Vol. 28, Iss. 1; pp. 1 - 14.
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2. Is American Society More Anomic? A Test of Merton’s Theory with Cross-National Data
Authors: Cao L.. IJCACJ, 2004: Vol. 28, Iss. 1; pp. 15 - 32.
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3. Informal Communication and Interaction System in an Adolescent Correctional Institution in India: A Research Note
Authors: Sudhakar S.V.. IJCACJ, 2004: Vol. 28, Iss. 1; pp. 33 - 44.
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4. Policing and Human Rights in the Post-Holocaust 21st Century
Authors: Alvarez A.. IJCACJ, 2004: Vol. 28, Iss. 1; pp. 45 - 63.
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Book Reviews
5. Crime Control and Community: The New Politics of Public Safety. 2004. By Gordon Hughes and Adam Edwards. Authors: Jinseong Cheong. IJCACJ, 2004: Vol. 28, Iss. 1; pp. 64 - 68.Abstract | Full Text | Full Text - PDF
6. Internal Security Beyond Border - Public Insecurity and the New Challenges to State and Society. (2001). By Oliver Brenninkmeijer.
Authors: Blaise Bonvin. IJCACJ, 2004: Vol. 28, Iss. 1; pp. 69 - 72.
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7. Women and Punishment: The struggle for Justice. (2002). By Pat Carlen.
Authors: Francisco Javier Barocio. IJCACJ, 2004: Vol. 28, Iss. 1; pp. 73 - 76.
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Abstracts
McGarrell (2004). Global and Local Policing: Common Principles for the Future of Policing. Intl. Journal of Comp & Appl. Crim. Justice. Vol. 28, Issue 1, pp. 1 - 14.
Police agencies throughout the world find themselves facing competing demands. On the one hand, the community policing movement emphasizes the need to focus at a neighborhood level and to increase ties with local citizens, business, and neighborhood groups. At the same time, processes of globalization and technological innovation generate new forms of crime, criminal organizations, and terrorism that span national borders. ... The article conclues by considering the tensions and challenges that emerge and that must be addressed if this model of global and local policing is to be successful.
Cao. L. (2004). Is American Society More Anomic? A Test of Merton’s Theory with Cross-National Data. Intl. Journal of Comp & Appl. Crim. Justice. Vol. 28, Issue 1, pp. 15 - 32.
Despiute the pivotal conceptual position of anomie in criminology and sociology, operationalization of the concept remains problematic. This study offers a new operationalization of anomie based on an interpretation of Merton's Theory. Furthermore, it provides a test of the anomie theory's premise that Americans are more anomic than people in other societies ... The current research contributes to efforts in testing Merton's theory with cross-national data and helps calibrate the measuring instrument of Mertons's concept of anomie.
Sudhakar S.V. (2004). Informal Communication and Interaction System in an Adolescent Correctional Institution in India: A Research Note. Intl. Journal of Comp & Appl. Crim. Justice. Vol. 28, Issue 1, pp. 33 - 44.
The social system, whether in prison or in the broader soceity, is the organization of social relations wherein interenactional patterns are hierarchical (Singh 1979: 88). A social system is viewed as human's system of adaptation to the social world and environment. Through cultural and social inventions, humans adapt to and develop control over their enviornments - including the cultural and social ones. In others words, people invent or develop the systems to control the environment and, through adaptation and socialization, these systems in turn regulate people's behavior.
Alvarez A. (2004). Policing and Human Rights in the Post-Holocaust 21st Century . Intl. Journal of Comp & Appl. Crim. Justice. Vol. 28, Issue 1, pp. 45 - 64.
In recent years, violations of human rights law have increasingly been perceived in a new light as perpetrators of war crimes and genocide are more often held accountable for their crimes. Influenced by precedents set at the Nuremberg trials, the development of International Criminal Tribunals, and by the rcent approval of the International Criminal Court, law enforcement officials are udner increasing pressure to identify and arrest human rights violators. ... This paper explores historial, legal, and ethical issues behind some of the important changes in the process and practices of human rights law and the role that law enforcement officers play in this changing legal landscape.
