Criminology at the Edge: Security, Rights and Democracy

Criminology at the Edge: Security, Rights and Democracy
5 May 2011

 

The final workshop in the Criminology at the Edge workshop series was held from Friday 8th April to Sunday 10th April 2011 at the University of Cape Town’s Law Faculty in the Moot Court, Kramer Law Building on Middle Campus. Clifford Shearing from the Centre of Criminology (UCT) and Monique Marks (UKZN) convened the workshop, which focused on Security, Rights and Democracy. This workshop was sponsored by the National Research Foundation of South Africa Knowledge Fields Development Grant Directorate, the University of Oxford and the Centre of Criminology at the University of Cape Town.

Speakers included Ian Loader, Professor of Criminology and Director of the Centre of Criminology, University of Oxford, speaking on “Private security: Democracy’s dirty little secret”.

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Dr Liora Lazarus, Lecturer in Law and fellow at St Anne’s College, Oxford presented on “Securing rights or righting security: The complex relationship between human rights and security”; Dr Bethan Loftus, Research Officer in the Centre of Criminology, Oxford presented her research on “Everything in its place: The art of covert police surveillance”.

Jonny Steinberg from the Institute for Humanities in Africa (HUMA) responded to Ian Loader's talk on private security.

Other respondents included Julia Hornberger, WITS; Jamil Mujuzi of the Open Society Foundation of South Africa and Irvin Kinnes, from the Centre of Criminology, UCT.

The workshop was attended by 45 participants, and was divided into three sessions. Professor Clifford Shearing, Director of the Centre, gave the opening presentation and chaired the first session. Monique Marks, University of Kwazulu Natal and Elrena van der Spuy, Centre of Criminology, UCT chaired the other two.

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