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The Revival Of Comparative Criminology In A Globalised World: Local Variances And Indigenous Overâ€representation
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A further reason is the fact that globalisation, of itself, presents
specific challenges to the credibility of nation states: as crime
increasingly displays international dimensions, it is becoming more and
more difficult for nation states to deal with it. Globalists claim that a
global criminology instead of comparative criminology is needed to
understand what is happening in this field (Larsen and Smandych in
Nelken 2011).
Comparative criminologists have defended their
discipline, pointing to differences between countries due to local
features, values and cultures. Further, it has been argued that, for
every global model explaining levels of punitiveness, there are
exceptions, as will be discussed later in this contribution. In
addition, there is at the same time the contradictory process of
glocalisation: the persistence of national and even regional autonomy in
the face of global pressures (Meyer and O’Malley 2005). Globalisation
doesn’t spell convergence, according to Lacey (2011); therefore,
comparative research on national and regional levels is crucial to
understand the mechanisms by which master narratives affect penal policy
in different ways, in different countries. Meaningful comparative
research needs to move back and forth between the global and the local,
refining the global model with local empirical data and findings, as
features within individual countries might explain how and why they
deviate from the leading pattern. Along the same lines, Savelsberg
(2011) concludes that both the study of globalisation and crossâ€national
comparative research are needed, and that they need to be closely
linked, as global trends are translated in a nationâ€specific way and
filtered through local institutions. Nelken (2011) agrees with this
view, pleading that comparative research is particularly well placed to
study the interaction between the global and local forces and the ways
how to best do this. Therefore, and according to these authors, despite
globalisation, comparative research still has a place within
criminology, identifying local dynamics and ways out of the doom
scenario of mass imprisonment (Lacey 2008).
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]In this article, I first examine the viability of comparative criminological research in a globalised world. Further, I test the validity of some global explanatory models against the local situation in countries that appear to resist the dominant trend, such as the Netherlands and Canada. I then zoom in even further to the intraâ€national differences in some federal nations, such as Canada and Australia, where this situation is often linked to the over representation of Indigenous people a ... Continue reading---
