cjm 75: Perspectives from North America
This twentieth anniversary issue of cjm includes a themed section, edited by Dr Stephanie Hayman of the University of Alberta, that provides a uniquely accessible overview of criminal justice developments in North America.
All too often politicians and their advisers have flown across the Atlantic in search of solutions to the most pressing crime problems of the day. So it is not too difficult to come up with a list of initiatives that began in different parts of the continent - offender behaviour programmes for prisoners; zero tolerance policing and the broken windows theory of maintaining social order; drug courts; community justice centres; gang disruption programmes - these are just some examples.
The magazine attempts to consider critically some of the policies and practices that have emerged from that continent and the merits of policy transfer to the UK and Europe. Following the historic election of Barack Obama and recent political change in Canada the themed section also seeks to explore the changing criminal justice landscape in those countries with contributions from some of their most well known criminologists.
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Full list of articles in print version of cjm 75
EDITORIAL - Twenty years on
Enver Solomon introduces this issue of cjm.
TOPICAL ISSUES AND COMMENT
Choice versus crisis: how Scotland could transform thinking about prisons and punishment
Sarah Armstrong and Fergus McNeill consider a new opportunity to change how penal reform is managed and how the public is engaged.
The quiet revolution: the rise and rise of out-of-court summary justice
Rod Morgan asks if the greater use of out-of-court summary sanctions is desirable and if there are sufficient safeguards in place.
Disciplining women: gender, silence and anti-social behaviour
Caroline Hunter and Judy Nixon draw attention to evidence that suggests anti-social behaviour is a gendered issue.
Holding the police to account
Barry Loveday assesses proposals to make the police more locally accountable and empower local communities.
Untangling the fear of crime
Jonathan Jackson, Emily Gray and Stephen Farrall explore recent approaches to the fear of crime.
THEMED SECTION: PERSPECTIVES FROM NORTH AMERICA
Perspectives from North America
Stephanie Hayman reviews the contributions to this themed section. (This article is available for free download.)
American nightmare: how forty years of governing through crime have reshaped American democracy
Jonathan Simon links the war on crime to the war on terror and considers if President Obama will chart a new course.
The murky world of `Fusion Centres'
Torin Monahan critiques the emergence of data-sharing `Fusion Centres' intended to reduce crime and prevent terrorism.
An unchallenged crisis: the curious disappearance of crime as a public issue in the United States
Elliott Currie dissects the `deep and continuing crisis' within the American criminal justice system.
Critical policy analysis, power and restorative justice
George Pavlich takes a critical look at restorative justice practices in Canada.
Incarceration and communities
Todd Clear considers the impact of high rates of incarceration on crime prevalence in poor American neighbourhoods.
Disparate treatment
Amanda Petteruti reviews the startling over-representation of African Americans and other minority communities at each stage of the criminal justice process.
The drug treatment court movement
Dawn Moore reflects on the structure of Drug Treatment Courts in North America and assesses their achievements.
Reducing child imprisonment in Canada
Anthony Doob and Jane B Sprott examine the imprisonment rates of young Canadians following the introduction of the Youth Criminal Justice Act in April 2003.
What can cities do to prevent serious youth violence?
Anthony A Braga and Christopher Winship consider Boston's Operation Ceasefire and the ways in which the model might be implemented in other communities affected by youth violence.
Wary neighbours: North American reflections on guns, crime and social order
James Sheptycki examines the use of guns in crime and suggests that there has been a `pistolization' of civil society.
Effective community punishments in the United States:probation
Faye Taxman outlines a radical `shared decision' model of probation that operates to empower offenders.
Zero tolerance of zero tolerance
Maurice Punch offers a personal view of `zero tolerance', suggesting that it is a vacuous sound-bite that can seriously distort policing.
IN FOCUS
My story: young people talk about the trauma in their lives
Roger Grimshaw describes a new Centre for Crime and Justice Studies research project supported by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation.