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Beyond law enforcement's perspective on crime: German studies on self-reported delinquency
2009 •
Thomas Goergen
In Germany, studies on self-reported delinquency date back to the late 1960ies/early 70ies (Kreuzer, 1975; Losel, 1975; Quensel, 1971; Quensel & Quensel, 1969). These early studies – most of them directed at rather small samples of young people at schools and universities – tend to describe less severe forms of juvenile delinquency as ubiquitious and normal phenomena in young persons’ lives. They show that among young men delinquent behaviour is more widespread, more severe and more violent than among women of the same age. They also point at the fact that delinquency is not an isolated problem but often coincides with school deficits, family problems etc. (for an overview see Kreuzer, 1994a; 1994b).
Unfairly shunned: covert participant observation
2011 •
Iris Steenhout
Self-reported delinquency surveys in Europe = Enquêtes de délinquance autoreportée en Europe
2009 •
Marcelo F Aebi
Meehan, C ‘Legal Highs, Moral Panics And Vigilantism: Lessons From Northern Ireland For New Zealand’ to be presented at European Society of Criminology Annual Conference, September 2014, Prague Czech Republic
Claire Meehan
This paper is concerned with the long-term impact of media reporting, moral panics and fear of crime on the punishment of drug users in Northern Ireland and the implications for other jurisdictions. Drug use amongst young people, has been widely reported in the media, resulting in two significant moral panics (1994 ecstasy, 2011 mephedrone). Residual mistrust of the criminal justice system in Northern Ireland has catalysed the emergence of paramilitary policing/ vigilantism as a means of dealing with people’s drug use. Failure by state institutions to extinguish paramilitary violence outright has facilitated the reinvention of vigilante organisations as ‘saviours of the community.’ Consequently, their role as a quasi-police force is valorised. Recently there has been similar media reporting and vigilante violence towards retailers selling legal highs in New Zealand. Discussing findings from focus groups and interviews carried out in Northern Ireland and New Zealand, this paper will provide insights from Northern Ireland including the implications of such actions for the drug using community. Keywords: media, moral panics, drugs, fear of crime
Collaboration Obstacles and Success: Described and Observed Experiences of Police and Border Guards’ in the Baltic Sea Area
2015 •
Goran Basic
This study analyses the cooperation between police and border guard authorities in the Baltic Sea area and primarily one collaborative project initiated by the Stockholm border police (cofunded by the EU). The purpose of the project is to decrease trans-boundary criminality and improve day-to-day cooperation between police and border officers in the Baltic Sea region. The participants are police and border authorities in Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Sweden. Earlier research on collaboration shows that cooperation comprises problems and conflicts. The purpose of this study is to map and analyze how the staff of the different organizations experience, understand, and define obstacles of cooperation as well as successful cooperation, and which interactive and discursive patterns are involved in the construction of this phenomenon. The empirical basis for this study are qualitative interviews and field observations of organized intelligence and operational meetings and infor...
Dismantling the body, Trafficking the dead- Human remains, organs, and the law of human trafficking
Nicole Siller
An intrinsic and material consequence of mass violence is the mass production of human bodies. Depending on each particular instance of mass atrocity, the fate of these bodies can vary: severe mistreatment, mutilation, concealment, destruction, transport, traffic of the corpses are not uncommon occurrences. Drawing from their respective research on human trafficking and on corpses of mass violence, the co-authors of this paper propose to adopt an intersectional approach and legally examine the issue of the trafficking of human remains and organs as one which is highly revealing of both the criminal modus operandi and the perpetrator’s criminal intent. Yet, international law on the topic is problematically succinct and if the law of human trafficking, as enshrined in the Palermo Protocol (2000), does specify that such trafficking is the deviant obtainment and/or movement of persons for the purpose of exploitation - which does include ‘the removal of organs’ - it however fails to define both the term ‘persons’ and the term ‘organs’. Perhaps leaving the door open for further ambiguity, the Protocol also falls short of expressly contemplating the trafficking of deceased human bodies. How then is an ‘organ’ to be understood? Would it cover bones and human remains? What use have criminals and traffickers made of organs and human remains? Are the perpetrators of the atrocities and the traffickers the same individuals or is there a chain of criminality? What, if any, legal status, protections and/or rights have been given to bodily parts resulting of atrocities and mass violence? By raising and addressing these questions, this paper will highlight the features and characteristics of this very particular type of trafficking and will aim at better grasping the inner criminality of trafficking bodies, whether alive or dead. co-author: Caroline Fournet
Fear of Crime. A Comparative Approach in the European Context
Christina Zarafonitou
H. Kury, S. Redo, E. Shea (eds), Women and Children as Victims and Offenders: Background – Prevention – Reintegration. Suggestions for Succeeding Generations (vol. 1)
Victimisation and delinquency of minors in Central-European countries
2016 •
Witold Klaus, Dagmara Woźniakowska-Fajst
Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic are three former post-socialist countries that have a great deal in common, both from a historical and a socio-economic perspective, despite their considerable differences. There are also many similarities in how crime and criminality have changed in these countries over the past 30 years. For all their many shared attributes, however, there are visible differences in the criminality and victimisation of their youth. The Czech Republic seems to have the fewest juvenile issues, while Hungary has the highest level of crime in the region. Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic also differ in their juvenile justice systems and the ideology underpinning their response to juvenile offences.
The fight against organised crime in Europe: a comparative perspective
2001 •
Monica den Boer
