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Crime: managing public order in countries in transition (2003)
Introduction
What problems arise for civil society when surges in criminality occur, or when crime is perceived to intensify in periods of change? What responses and strategies can be identified?
This study examines the problems that arise for human rights workers when there is public demand for severe law and order policies to curb crime, and asks what would make their work more legitimate and effective. Analysing different experiences and offering practical conclusions, the report outlines a human rights approach to the problem of crime that goes beyond traditional concern with police abuse.
Research team
Biographical affiliation was accurate when research took place.
Research director
Mohammad-Mahmoud Mohamedou, Research Director, ICHRP, 1998-2004. For more information on this project, please contact Fairouz El Tom, Research Outreach and Publications Coordinator, ICHRP.
Lead researcher
James Cavallaro, founder and, at the time of the project, Executive Director of the Global Justice Centre, an international NGO based in Brazil for human rights defence and training. James Cavallaro has also served as Director of Centre for Justice and International Law, Office Director of Human Rights Watch in Brazil and Associate Editor of the California Law Review. He holds a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.
Advisors
Carlos Basombrio, former Vice-Minister of Interior of Peru; former Director, Institute of Legal Defense, Lima.
Stanley Cohen, Professor of Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science, London.
Kakuna Kerina, Executive Director, Open Society Initiative for West Africa, Dakar.
Rachel Neild, , Senior Associate and Director, Civil Society and Citizen Security Project, Washington Office on Latin America, Washington, DC.
Leigh Payne, Director of the Legacies of Authoritarianism project, International Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison.
Researchers
Cecilia Ales, Research Associate, Institutional Violence and Social Safety Programme, Centre for Legal Studies, Buenos Aires.
Andressa Caldas, Legal Coordinator, the Global Justice Centre, Rio de Janeiro.
Sandra Carvalho, Research and Advocacy Director, the Global Justice Centre, São Paulo.
Innocent Chukwuma, Director, Centre for Law Enforcement Education, Lagos.
Narandran Kollapen, Chairperson, South African Human Rights Commission, Johannesburg.
Gustavo Federico Palmieri, Director, Institutional Violence and Social Safety Programme, Centre for Legal Studies, Buenos Aires.
Makubetse Sekhonyane, Senior Researcher, Crime and Justice Programme at the Institute for Security Studies, Pretoria.
Halyna Senyk, Analyst, USAID Elections and Political Processes project, Kiev.
Clifford Shearing, Professor, Australian National University, Canberra.
Kole A. Shettima, Country Coordinator, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Abuja.
Documents
Report
Summary
Working papers
Combating Crime and Respecting Human Rights: An illusive Balance or the Search for a Durable Solution
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Crime and Human Rights in Argentina
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Crime and Human Rights in Brazil
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Crime and Human Rights in Nigeria
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Crime and Public Order in Ukraine
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Crime, Public Order and Human Rights Policy Implications
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Crime, Rights and Order: Reflections on an Analytical Framework
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Crime: Causes, Perceptions and Effects
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Human Rights and the Proliferation of Crime: the Perception of Human Rights and its Effects on Rights Defense in Brazil
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Policy Direction in Relation to States Reverting to HR Restrictions on the Basis of Popular Sentiment against Rising Crime
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The Role of the Police in Exacerbating or Controlling Crime: the Impact of Crime on Human Rights
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