cjm 42: Violence

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Full list of articles in print version of cjm 42
- EDITORIAL
Carol Martin, Kimmet Edgar and Penny Fraser set the issue in context. - MURDER AND MORAL OUTRAGE: UNDERSTANDING VIOLENCE
Betsy Stanko examines public attitudes and moral outrage following the tragedy of a schoolboy's murder, and describes the need for a more informed understanding of the social realities behind acts of violence - EXTREME VIOLENCE AND YOUNG CHILDREN: DETENTION OR REDEMPTION?
Rob Allen argues that the Lord Chief Justice was correct to take extreme remorse and young age into account when deciding the remaining period of detention for the two boys convicted in the Bulger case - MASCULINITIES AND VIOLENCE
Richard Collier describes the theories analysing male violence - VIOLENCE AND THE NOCTURNAL ECONOMY 10
An alternative `nocturnal economy' is replacing industry in cities across Britain. Steve Hall looks at the violence that accompanies the clubs and pubs - "WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THIS": SEX WORK AND VIOLENCE
Rosie Campbell and Hilary Kinnell argue that sex workers suffering violence on the streets suffer prejudicial attitudes in the criminal justice system - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND BLACK/MINORITY WOMEN: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
Hannana Siddiqui, Coordinator of Southall Black Sisters, describes the barriers to achieving effective public policies to open the domestic violence trap for black and minority ethnic women - VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: THE CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMME INITIATIVE
Alana Diamond details the basis of the CRP's Violence Against Women Initiative. Kevin Wong outlines successful and newly commissioned projects - THE VOICES AND VIEWS OF WOMEN EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Gill Hague reflects on domestic violence services and how well they respond to the views and needs of abused women themselves - WOMEN AND VIOLENCE: MYTHS AND REALITY IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Frances Heidensohn examines some of the popular mythology surrounding women who commit acts of violence - PREVENTING VIOLENCE IN RELATIONSHIPS: THE PVR PROGRAMME
Gerry Heery outlines a new programme in Northern Ireland that seeks to prevent domestic violence by working with men who want to change their controlling and violent behaviour - ABUSE AND OLDER PEOPLE AWARENESS OF THE PREVALENCE OF ELDER ABUSE IS GROWING
Rachel Pain describes alternatives for people who became involved in drugs and crime early in life. - THE SOCIAL CONTEXT OF PRISON VIOLENCE
Carol Martin and Kimmet Edgar summarise their recent research on the causes and context of violence in prison - THE VICTIMIZED STATE
Joe Sim deconstructs the data on violence affecting the police and prison officers, and analyses the politics of depicting these workers as victims of violence - UNDERSTANDING RACIST VIOLENCE
Larry Ray, David Smith and Liz Wastell summarise their research on perpetrators of racist violence - RACIST OFFENDERS: PUNISHMENT, JUSTICE AND COMMUNITY SAFETY
Nearly two years `post-Lawrence' the number of recorded racist incidents continues to rise sharply as does the number of racist offenders being processed through the criminal justice system. Ben Bowling asks whether populist punitiveness provides a sound basis to protect communities from violent racism - RESPONDING TO PERPETRATORS OF RACISTVIOLENCE
Robyn Thomas identifies the need for strategies to challenge perpetrators of racist violence - ABUSE AND VIOLENCE AGAINST SMALL BUSINESSES
Matt Hopkins looks at violence directed at people working in small businesses, patterns of victimisation and directions for future research - CJM UPDATE 36
Una Padel reviews the recommendations of the Laming Report and new proposals for dealing with paedophiles, Severe Personality Disorder, and `loutish' behaviour - PRISONS AND SENTENCING
Lord Woolf - edited summary of AGM speech given in November 2000 - DOES MEDWAY SECURE TRAINING CENTRE WORK?
Dr Ann Hagell describes some of the main findings - BOOK REVIEW
Nina Schuller and Chris Fox review The Economic Dimensions of Crime, by NG Fielding, A Clarke and R Witt