• Refugee Women’s Experiences of Violence and Resilience: Early Explorations 

      Pulvirenti, Mariastella; Mason, Gail
      Published 2011-05-17
      Refugee experiences of violence are well known and may include violence in the country of origin, in refugee camps, countries of detention and, especially for women and children, in their own families before and after ...
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    • Organised Crime: A Chaotic Notion 

      Beesley, Julie
      Published 2011-05-17
      Borrowed theories and principles from the physical sciences have enabled social scientists and criminologists to analyse well-worn theories and data from a new perspective. One such theory is chaos theory, a subset of the ...
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      Conference paper
    • Tweeting the News: Criminal Justice Agencies and their Use of Social Networking Sites 

      McGovern, Alyce
      Published 2011-05-17
      In recent times we have seen an increase in the willingness of criminal justice agencies to engage with new media technologies and social networking sites, not only as a tool for the investigation of criminal activity, but ...
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      Conference paper
    • The Law of the Ruler? 

      Cowdery, Nicholas
      Published 2011-05-17
      The title of this article arises out of the misunderstanding that so long as there is a law, so long as the ruler (even a democratic one) has made valid law, then the rule of law operates. The question mark is intended to ...
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    • Securing Nightlife: Media Representations of Public and Private Policing 

      Wadds, Phillip
      Published 2011-05-17
      There is ongoing ambivalence concerning door staff and crowd controllers in the night-time economy (NTE). Expanded private security is often acknowledged as a legitimate solution to the fear people experience in relation ...
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      Conference paper