ISS 3rd International Conference Report: National and international perspectives on crime reduction and criminal justice
Date: 2012-10-25 to 2012-10-26
Venue: , Sandton Sun Hotel
, Corner Fifth and Alice Streets
, Sandton
, Johannesburg
On 25 and 26 October 2012 the Institute for Security
Studies’ Crime and Justice Programme held its 3rd annual international
conference on crime and criminal justice. The conference provided an excellent
opportunity for researchers, academics, policy makers and practitioners who
have an interest and passion for criminology to meet, network and share ideas
and experiences.
The conference showcased current criminological research and
policy initiatives from around the world.
The call for abstracts for the 4th international
conference on crime reduction and criminal justice will be issued in early
2013.
Please watch the ISS website for details.
Presentations
The following presentations are available:
- Keynote address: Judge Selby Baqwa “Transforming the judiciary in South Africa: how far have we come†Download here
Panel: What to do
about ‘hate’ State responses to crimes of prejudice
- Dr Bill Dixon, Keele University, UK, Look before you leap: hate crime legislation
reconsidered Download here
- Prof Juan Nel, UNISA, South A,frica South Africa – a home for all? A need for
hate crime legislation to provide equal protection Download here
Panel: Criminal
Justice System Reform
- Ms Robyn Leslie, Wits Justice Project, South
Africa, Criminal justice: stakeholders’
persectives Download here
- Mr Gareth Newham, ISS, South Africa, Rule of Law under threat in South Africa
The Role of Civil Society Download here
Panel: The role of
international criminal law in advancing domestic criminal justice
- Dr Gus Waschefort, University of Pretoria, South
Africa, The nature of the gravity
requirement in national prosecutions of international crimes Download here
Panel: Crime
prevention
- Prof Elrena van der Spuy,
University of Cape Town, South Africa , The rise and decline of community-based mobilisation against crime in
the new South Africa: The case of the Western Cape anti-crime forum Download here
- Dr Chandré Gould, Institute for Security Studies, South Africa: The power of connection: Building a
community safety initiative Download here
- Dr Anthony Collins,
University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, Violence
is not a crime Download here
Panel: Terrorism and
organised crime
- Dr Bolaji Omitola, Osun
State University, Nigeria, Space of
terror: The challenges of insecurity in Nigeria Download here
- Prof. Joshua Freilich, John
Jay College, USA, Scripts and organised
crime: Facilitating factors and intervention points Download here
- Ms Jackline Mwangi, University of the Western Cape, South Africa, Assessing the scope of legal profession privilege in combating money laundering through the legal profession in Kenya Download here
Panel: Preventing
child abuse and neglect through parenting: Evidence and interventions
- Ms
Elizabeth Dartnall, Sexual Violence Research Initiative, Medical research
Council, South Africa, Reviewing
the evidence for the effectiveness of parenting interventions for the
prevention of child abuse and neglect Download here
- Professor
Mark Tomlinson, Stellenbosch University, South Africa Improving the quality of mother–infant relationship and infant
attachment in South Africa: Implications for externalising behavior Download here
- Ms Khadija Richards, HIPPY SA, Home Instruction for Parents of
Pre-School Youngsters in South Africa (HIPPY SA): A home visiting programme Download here
- Ms Sarita
Hudson, Stop It Now, USA, Community-based Efforts for
the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse Download here
Panel: Improving access to justice
- Mr Donald Rukare, Global
Rights, Uganda, Remand population: The
weakest link in Uganda’s criminal justice system Download here
- Dr Hema Hargovan,
University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, Restorative
justice, criminal justice and access to justice: a balancing act for the
prosecutor Download here
- Mr Martin Schönteich, John Jay College, USA, The evolution, impact and
future prospects of paralegalism in Africa’s criminal justice systems Download here
Panel: Policing
- Prof Kam Wong, Xavier
University, USA, One country two systems
of policing: People’s Republic of China Gong An vs Hong Kong Police reform Download here
- Mr Benjamin Roberts, HSRC,
South Africa, What price fairness?
Antecedents of police legitimacy in South Africa Download here
- Mr Andrew Faull, Oxford
University, UK, Professionalism and the
South African Police Service: What is it and where should it go? Download here
- Prof Rika Snyman, UNISA, South Africa and Commander Demelash Debalkie, University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Comparing the realisation of policing professionalism in Ethiopia and South Africa. Download here
Panel: Understanding
crime in South Africa
- Ms Alexandra Hiroppoulos
and Associate Prof Jeremy Porter, John Jay College, USA, Exploring the relationship between social disorganisation and
property crime in Gauteng South Africa Download here
Panel: Seeking solutions to
crime and the rehabilitation of offenders
- Dr Amelia Kleijn,
University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, Why do some men rape babies? Some findings from a qualitative study
conducted with ten incarcerated rapists Download here
Panel: The state of
corruption in South Africa
- Ms Janine Rauch, Corruption
Watch, South Africa, Citizens reporting
of corruption in South Africa: Reports received at Corruption Watch since its
launch Download here
- Prof David Moore,
University of Johannesburg, South Africa, Corruption and Accumulation: Theoretical,
Historical and Comparative Perspectives Download here
Media coverage:
The following are a selection of articles about the
conference and specific presentations:
Sowetan:
Business Day:
Mail and Guardian (from Sapa)
News 24 (from Sapa):
Independent (from Sapa):
Times (from Sapa):
The Citizen (from Sapa):
Daily Maverick (from Sapa):
Politics
Web:
As
the Head of the Crime and Justice Programme, Gareth Newham would like to thank
all the speakers for their insightful and thought provoking presentations. In particular, he would like to thank Chandre
Gould for organising this conference and ensuring its success. We look forward
to building on the relationships forged and developed during this conference.
Click here for the final conference programme
Click here for the conference booklet containing biographies of presenters and abstracts of their presentation
