CLIFFORD D. SHEARING
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Ph.D. (Sociology), University of Toronto, 1977.
Specialization: Deviance, Social Theory, Philosophy of Science, Phenomenology.
Course work taken at the Graduate Faculty, New School for Social Research, New
York.
M.A. (Sociology), University of Toronto, 1968 (first class).
B.Soc.Sci. (Hons) (Sociology), University of Natal, 1967 (cum laude).
B.Soc.Sci. (Psychology/Sociology), University of Natal, 1965.
APPOINTMENTS
Director, Centre of Criminology, University of Cape Town 2006 –
Professor and Chair of Criminology, University of Cape Town 2006 –
South African Research Chair in Security and Justice University of Cape Town, DST &
NRF 2007 – 2011
Adjunct Professor, Griffith Law School, Socio-Legal Research Centre. 1 September
2008 – 31 August 2011.
Visiting Fellow, Regulatory Institutions Network 1 July 2008 – 30 Jun 2009.
Visiting Professor of Security Governance, Institute of Criminology, Oxford
University, October 2006 –
Board of Directors, International Centre of Comparative Criminology, University of
Montreal, 2005 –
Advisory Board, Socio-Legal Research Centre, Law School, Griffith University, 2003 –
Research Associate, International Centre for Comparative Criminology, University of
Montreal, 2003 –
Associate Member, Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Queen’s University,
Belfast, 2003 –
Visiting Professor, Department of Criminology, Keele University, 2003 – 2006.
Co-Director, Security 21: An International Centre for Security and Justice, Australian
National University, 2002 – 2006
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Professor, Law Program, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National
University, 2001 – June 2008.
Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, 2001 –
Senior Fellow, Munk Centre for International Studies at Trinity College, University of
Toronto, 2001 –
Extraordinary Professor, School of Government, University of the Western Cape,
1998 –
Director, Community Peace Programme, School of Government, University of the
Western Cape, 1997 –
Associate Fellow, Massey College, University of Toronto, 1996 –
Director, Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto, 1993 – 98.
Academic Director, Community Peace Foundation, University of the Western Cape,
1995 – 97.
Director, Community Peace Foundation, University of the Western Cape, 1993 –
1995.
Visiting Fellow, Department of Law, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian
National University, 1992.
Visiting Lecturer and Research Associate, Institute of Criminology, University of Cape
Town, 1992 – 1993.
Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town, 1992 – 1993.
Visiting Research Professor, Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape,
1991 – 1993.
Professor, Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto, 1989 –
Associate Member, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Natal, 1990 – 1995.
Member, Board of Control, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Natal, 1988
– 1990.
Associate, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, 1985 – 1989.
Senior Fellow, Woodsworth College, University of Toronto, 1985 –
Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law and Department of Sociology, University of Natal,
1985.
Associate Professor with Tenure, Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto, 1984
– 1989.
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Cross Appointment, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of
Toronto, 1981 – 89; Professor, 1989 – 2001.
Associate Professor, Woodsworth College, University of Toronto, 1981 – 89;
Professor, 1989 –
Instructor, Woodsworth College, University of Toronto, 1976 – 1981.
Senior Research Associate, Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto, 1975 –
1983.
Co-ordinator of Graduate Studies, Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto, 1978
– 83; 1989 –
Academic Coordinator, Certificate Programme in Criminology, Woodsworth College,
University of Toronto, 1981 – 1982; 1987 – 91.
Academic Coordinator, Certificate Programme in Law Enforcement and
Administration, Woodsworth College, University of Toronto, 1979 – 91.
Research Associate, Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto, 1972 – 1975.
Research Fellow, Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto, 1967.
Research Assistant, Institute for Social Research, University of Natal, South Africa,
1966.
UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES
Member of the African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town. Advisory Board.
2008 -
Higher Degrees Committee, Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town, 2006 –
Research and Social Responsiveness Committee, Faculty of Law, University of
CapeTown, 2007 –
Review and Search Committee for the Centre for Studies in Aging, University of
Toronto, 1995.
Executive Committee, School of Graduate Studies, University of Toronto, 1993 –
Chair, South African Investment Policy Review Committee, University of Toronto,
1993.
Centre of Criminology Review/Search Committee, University of Toronto, 1988 – 89.
Degree Committee, School of Graduate Studies, University of Toronto, 1980 – 83.
Academic Advisory Council, Woodsworth College, University of Toronto, 1981 – 87.
Woodsworth College Council, University of Toronto, 1979 – 87.
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Ontario Government Scholarship Selection Panel, 1979 – 80.
Centre of Criminology Review/Search Committee, University of Toronto, 1974.
PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Editorial Board, The Open Criminology Journal 2007 –
Editorial Board, Criminology & Criminal Justice, 1999 –
Board of Contributing Editors, Electronic Newsletter on “Policing in Democratic
Societies", 1999 –
Advisory Board, Center on Crime, Communities and Culture, Open Society Institute,
1997 – 1999.
International Advisory Board, The British Journal of Criminology, 1996 –
Editorial Board, Journal of Regulatory Law and Practice, 1992 –
Associate Consultant, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 1991 –
Reviewer, Police Studies, 1995 –
Reviewer, Economy and Society, 1995 –
Reviewer, Law & Policy, 1991 –
Reviewer, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 1990 –
Reviewer, Criminology, 1989 –
Editorial Board, Policing and Society, 1988 –
Reviewer, Canadian Journal of Criminology, 1988 –
Reviewer, American Bar Foundation Research Journal/Law and Social Inquiry, 1988 –
Associate Editor, Critical Arts, 1986 –
Editorial Board, Natal University Law and Society Review, 1985 –
Reviewer, Law and Society Review, 1983 –
Reviewer, Social Problems, 1982 –
Reviewer, Canadian Journal of Sociology, 1982 –
Reviewer, Canadian Criminology Forum, 1983-1985.
Faculty Advisor, Canadian Criminology Forum, 1979-83.
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Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of Sociology, 1975-78.
POLICY CONTRIBUTIONS
Member of the Editorial Panel for the National Science Plan on Global Change. CSIR.
2008.
Jamaican Ministry of National Security 2008. A New Era of Policing in Jamaica: transforming the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). The report of the JCF Strategic
Review Panel. Clifford Shearing was a member of this review panel 2007-2008. www.mns.org.jm/Portals/0/JCF%20Strategic%20Review%202008.pdf
In Search of Security: The Future of Policing in Canada, Report by the Law
Commission of Canada, (prepared initial draft with Philip Stenning), 2006.
“A Human Rights Policy Framework for Jamaican Policing” for Jamaican Ministry of
National Security, 2003.
Commissioner, Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland, established under the terms of the Northern Ireland Peace Agreement, 1998-1999.
Member, Task Team for Decentralisation of Policing Functions and Devolution of
Powers, Ministry for Safety and Security, Government of South Africa, 1996-97.
Member, Multinational Panel to Inquire into the Curbing of Violence and Intimidation
During the Forthcoming South African Election, Appointed by the Commission of
Inquiry Regarding the Prevention of Public Violence and Intimidation (Goldstone
Commission), 1993.
Member, Police Board of South Africa established under the provisions of the all party Peace Accord, 1992-1994.
Member, Multinational Panel Regarding Lawful Control of Demonstrations in the
Republic of South Africa, Appointed by the Commission of Inquiry Regarding the
Prevention of Public Violence and Intimidation, (Goldstone Commission), 1992-3.
Consultant, Commission of Inquiry Regarding the Prevention of Public Violence and
Intimidation, South Africa (established under the provisions of the all party Peace
Accord), 1991-
Consultant, Board of Inquiry on Activities of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Related to Allegations Made in the Senate of Canada, 1991.
Consultant, External Review of the Canadian Forces Special Investigation Unit,
Department of National Defense, Canada, 1990.
Consultant, Australian Attorney-General’s Department, 1990.
Research Consultant, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, External Review Committee,
1987-
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Consultant, Metropolitan Toronto Housing Authority, 1987-89.
Consultant, Toronto Transit Commission, 1987.
Consultant, Office of the Public Complaints Commissioner, Ontario, 1986-87.
Consultant, Hippo Valley Estates, Zimbabwe, 1986.
Consultant, Ontario Waste Management Corporation, 1986.
Research Consultant to the Chairman of the Special Committee to Study Procedures
Under the Pensions Act, 1984.
Consultant, Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1979-80; 1984-85.
Consultant, National Museums of Canada, 1983.
Advisor, Canadian Human Rights Foundation's Police Powers Project, 1983.
Consultant, Bankruptcy Branch, Ministry of Trade and Commerce, 1982-83.
Advisor, Commission of Inquiry Concerning Activities of the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police (MacDonald Commission), 1977-1981.
Research Advisor to the Commissioner, Commission of Inquiry Relating to the Security and Investigation Services Branch Within the Post Office Department,
1979-80.
Consultant, Ministry of the Solicitor General of Canada, 1979-80.
Consultant, Canadian Police College, 1979-80.
Consultant, Federal Solicitor General of Canada's Task Force on Law Enforcement,
1977.
Director of Research, Commission of Inquiry Related to Public Complaints, Internal
Discipline and Grievance Procedures within the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
(Marin Commission), 1974-76.
Member, Ontario Police Commission's Working Group on Police Training, 1973-74.
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS, SPECIAL ISSUES AND MONOGRAPHS
Johnston, L and Shearing, C. (2009) Joint Guest Editors Police Practice and
Research: An International Journal. Special Anniversary Issue, Vol 10, Issue 6.
Froestad, J. & Shearing, C. (Forthcoming) Mobilising Local Knowledge and Capacity
in the Governance of Security. CRC Press.
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Shearing, C. & Kempa, M. (Forthcoming) Policing - Conceptualisations and Practices
of Security. London & New York: Routledge
Ayling, J., Grabosky, P. & Shearing, C. 2009. Lengthening the Arm of the Law:
Enhancing Police Resources in the 21 st
Cambridge Press.
Century. Cambridge Studies in Criminology.
Shearing, C. & Wood, J. 2007. Imagining Security. Cullompton, Willan Publishing.
Shearing, C. & Wood, J. (eds). 2007. Re-shaping Policing: Ideas in Action. Police
Practice and Research, Special Issue, Vol 8(2) May.
Stenning, P.C. & Shearing, C. (eds). 2005. Reforming Police - An International
Perspective. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, Special Issue, Vol
38(2) August.
Marks, M. & Shearing, C. 2005. Special Focus on Policy Conundrums in Policing.
South African Review of Sociology, Vol 36(2).
Shearing, C. & Marks, M. 2004. Policing in Transition: Multi-Agency. Society in
Transition, Special Focus on Policing in Transition, Vol 35(2).
Shearing, C., Dupont, B., & Wood. J. (eds). 2004. On the Governance of Security: A
Dialogue. Policing and Society, Special Issue, Vol 14(1), March.
Johnston, L. & Shearing, C. 2003. Governing Security: Explorations in Policing and
Justice. London: Routledge.
Bayley, D. & Shearing, C. 2001. The New Structure of Policing. Washington: The
National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice.
Brogden, M. & Shearing, C. 1994. Policing for a New South Africa. London & New
York: Routledge.
Gladstone, J., Ericson, R. V. and Shearing, C. (eds). 1991. Criminology: A Readers
Guide. Toronto: Centre of Criminology.
Shearing, C. & Stenning, P. C. (eds). 1987. Private Policing. Criminal Justice Systems
Annuals, Vol. 23. Newbury Park: Sage.
Shearing, C. 1984. Dial-a-Cop: A Study of Police Mobilization. (Research Report).
Toronto: Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto.
Shearing, C. & Stenning, P.C. 1982. Private Security and Private Justice: The
Challenge of the 80's. Montreal: Institute for Research on Public Policy.
Shearing, C. (ed). 1981. Organizational Police Deviance: Its Structure and Control.
Toronto: Butterworths.
Shearing, C. Farnell, M.B., & Stenning, P.C. 1980. Contract Security in Ontario.
(Research Report Series). Toronto: Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto.
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Shearing, C. & Stenning, P.C. 1980. Police Training in Ontario: An Evaluation of
Recruit and Supervisory Courses. (Working Paper Series). Toronto: Centre of
Criminology, University of Toronto.
Farnell, M.B. & Shearing, C. 1977. Private Security: An Examination of Canadian
Statistics 1961-1971. (Research Report Series). Toronto: Centre of Criminology,
University of Toronto.
Watts, H. L. & Shearing, C. 1966. Blood Donation: Attitudes and Motivation. Durban:
Institute of Social Research, University of Natal.
ARTICLES IN BOOKS
Marks, M., Shearing, C & Wood, J. (Forthcoming). “A Thin or a Thick Blue Line?
Exploring Alternative Models for Community Policing and the Police Role in South
Africa” . In Grabosky, P. ed. Community Policing and Peacekeeping. CRC/Taylor and
Francis.
Hein,W., Burris, S. and Shearing, C. (2009). “Conceptual Models for Global
Health Governance”. In Buse, K., Hein, W. and Drager, N.(eds.) Making Sense of
Global Health Governance: A Policy Perspective. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Shearing, C. & Stenning, P. 2009. “Reform” in J. Fleming and A. Wakefield (Eds)
The Sage Dictionary of Policing, London: Sage. Pages 266-269.
Leman-Langlois, S. & Shearing, C. (2008). Transition, Forgiveness and Citizenship :
The TRC and the Social Construction of Forgiveness. Chapter 8 in Du Bois, F. and
Pedain, A. (eds.) Justice and Reconciliation in Post-Apartheid South Africa.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Berg, J. and C. Shearing (2008) ‘Integrated Security: Assembling Knowledges and
Capacities’. In Williamson, T. (ed) The Handbook of Knowledge Based Policing:
Current Conceptions and Future Directions. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.
Shearing, C. & Foster, D. 2007. “Back to the Future in South African Security: From
Intentions to Effective Mechanisms” in Van der Spuy, E., Parmentier, S. & Dissel, E.
(eds) Restorative Justice: Politics, Policies and Prospects. Cape Town: Juta
Publishers. (Reprinted from Acta Juridica 2007).
Froestad, J & Shearing, C. 2007. Beyond Restorative Justice - Zwelethemba, a future-focused model of local capacity conflict resolution in Mackay, R., Bošnjak, M.,
Deklerck, J., Pelikan, C., van Stokkom, B., and Wright, M. (eds) Images of
restorative justice theory. Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Verlag für
Polizeiwissenschaft. ISBN 978-3-86676021-9.
Shearing, C. 2007. Policing our future in Henry, A. & Smith, D.J. (eds)
Transformations of Policing. Aldershot: Ashgate.
Froestad, J. & Shearing, C. 2007. Conflict Resolution in South Africa: a Case Study in
Johnstone, G. & Van Ness, D (eds) Handbook of Restorative Justice: 534-556.
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Cullompton, Devon: Willan Publishing.
Froestad, J. & Shearing, C. 2007. The Zwelethemba Model –Practicing human rights through dispute resolution (chapter 8) in Parmentier, S & E. Weitekamp (eds) Crime
and Human Rights. Volume 9 in the Series “Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance”, part II Human Rights and Justice. Oxford, Elsevier Press.
Ayling, J., Grabosky, P. & Shearing, C. 2006. Harnessing Resources for Networked
Policing in J. Fleming, J. and Wood, J. (eds) Fighting Crime Together: The Challenges
of Policing and Security Networks. Sydney: University of New South Wales Press.
Berg, J. & Shearing, C. 2006. Private Policing. in Greene, J.R. (ed) Encyclopedia of
Police Science, 3 rd Edition, 2 vols. New York: Routledge.
Froestad, J. & Shearing, C. 2006. Conflict Resolution in South-Africa: A Case Study in
Johnstone, G. and Van Ness, D. (eds) Handbook of restorative justice. Cullompton,
UK: Willan.
Berg, J. & Shearing, C. 2006. Plural Policing in South Africa: an African case in Jones,
T. and Newburn, T. (eds) Plural Policing. London: Routledge.
Shearing, C. 2006. Reflections on the refusal to acknowledge private governments in Wood, J. and Dupont, B. (eds) Democracy, Society and the Governance of
Security. Cambridge University Press.
Froestad, J. & Shearing, C. 2005. Prática da Justiça - O Modelo Zwelethemba de
Resolução de Conflitos (Pp. 79-123) in Slakmon, C., Campos Pinto De Vitto, R. &
Sócrates Gomes Pinto, R. (eds), Justiica Restaurantiva. Brasília, D.F.: Ministério da
Justiça do Brasil e Programa das Naçaões Unidas para o Desenvolvimento –Brasil.
Shearing, C. 2005. Governing Security: The Age of Diversity (Pp. 37-46) in Hunter,
R. & Keyes, M. (eds) Changing Law: Rights, Regulation and Reconciliation. Aldershot:
Ashgate Publishing.
Hermer, J., Kempa, M., Stenning, P., Wood, J. & Shearing, C. 2005. Policing in
Canada in the Twenty-first Century: Directions for Law Reform (Pp. 22-91) in Cooley,
D. (ed) Re-imagining Policing in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Wood, J. & Shearing, C. 2005. Nodal Governance, Denizenship and Communal
Space: Challenging the Westphalian Ideal in Steve Robins (ed.) Limits to Liberation:
Culture, Citizenship and Governance After Apartheid. Oxford: James Currey Press.
Leman-Langloise, S. & Shearing, C. 2004. Repairing the Future: The South African
Truth and Reconciliation Commission at Work (Pp. 222-242) in Gilligan, G. and Pratt,
J. (eds) Crime, Truth and Justice :Official Enquiry, Discourse, Knowledge.
Cullompton: Willan Publishing.
Shearing, C. 2003. Preface (Pp. xvii to xviii) in Wakefield, A. Selling Security: The
Private Policing of Public Space. Cullompton, UK: Willan Publishing. von Hirsch, A., Ashworth, A., & Shearing, C. 2003. Specifying Aims and Limits for
Restorative Justice: A "Making Amends" Model? (Pp. 21-41) in von Hirsch,A.,
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Roberts, J.V., Bottoms, A.E., Roach, K.& Schiff, M. (eds). Restorative Justice and
Criminal Justice: Competing or Reconcilable Paradigms. Oxford: Hart Publishing.
Shearing, C. 2001. The Most Critical Unresolved Issue Associated With Contemporary
Democratic Policing (Pp. 99-114) in Amir, A. & Einstein, E. Policing, Security and
Democracy: Special Aspects of Democratic Policing. Huntsville, TX: Office of
International Criminal Justice.
Von Hirsch, A. & Shearing, C. 2001. Exclusion from Public Space in von Hirsch, A.,
Garland, D. & Wakefield, A. (eds), Ethical Perspectives in Situational Crime
Prevention. Oxford: Hart Pub.
Shearing, C. 2001. Transforming Security: A South African Experiment (Pp. 14-34) in
Strang, H. & Braithwaite, J. (eds) Restorative Justice and Civil Society. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
Shearing, C. 1998. Theorising -- Sotto Voice. in Holdaway, S. & Rock, P. The Social
Theory of Modern Criminology. London: University College London Press.
Shearing, C. 1997. Towards Democratic Policing: Rethinking Strategies of
Transformation (Pp 29-38) in Policing in Emerging Democracies: Workshop Papers
and Highlights. Washington DC: US Department of Justice, National Institute of
Justice and US Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law
Enforcement Affairs.
Shearing, C. 1997. Violence and the Changing Face of Governance: Privatization and its Implication (Pp. 263-278) in von Trotha, T. (ed) Sociologie der Gewalt. Kölner
Zeitzchrift Für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie.
Shearing, C. 1997. The unrecognized origins of the new policing: Linkages between public and private policing (Pp 217-229) in Felson, M. & Clarke, R. (eds) Business
and Crime Prevention. Monsey, NY: Criminal Justice Press.
Shearing, C. 1997. The Reinvention of Community Policing (Pp. 67-76) in Thomas, T.
(ed) The Politics of the City: A Canadian Perspective. Toronto: Nelson Canada.
Shearing, C. 1996. Public and Private Policing (Pp 83-95) in Saulsbury, W., Mott, J.,
& Newburn, T. (eds) Themes in Contemporary Policing. London: Independent
Committee of Inquiry into the Role and Responsibilities of the Police.
Shearing, C. 1996. Rethinking security (Pp. 271-281) in Brochu, S. (ed) Perspectives
actuelles en criminology. Montreal: International Centre for Comparative
Criminology, University of Montreal.
Shearing, C. 1995. Policing the New South Africa in Hanson, J. & McNish, S. (eds).
The Republic of South Africa: Prospects and Problems. Toronto: The Canadian
Institute of Strategic Studies.
Shearing, C. 1995. Preface in Moore, D. & Forsythe, L. A New Approach to Juvenile
Justice: An Evaluation of Family Conferencing in Wagga Wagga. Report to the
Criminological Research Council. Wagga: Centre for Rural Social Research.
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Shearing, C. 1995. Reinventing Policing: Policing as Governance (Pp. 70-87) in Sack,
F. & Vob, M., Frehsee, D., Funk, A. & Reinke, H. (eds). Privatisieirung Staatlicher
Kontrolle: Befunde, Konzepte, Tendenze. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgellschaft.
Shearing, C. 1994. Remaking the South African Police in Ncholo, P. (ed) Towards
Democratic Policing. Cape Town: Esquire Press.
Shearing, C. 1994. Security as Logistics in Ncholo, P. (ed) Towards Democratic
Policing. Cape Town: Esquire Press.
Shearing, C. 1994. The Fallacy of New Approaches to Policing in Ncholo, P (ed)
Towards Democratic Policing. Cape Town: Esquire Press.
Shearing, C. 1993 Alternative Forms of Policing in Glanz, L. (ed) Managing Crime in
the New South Africa: Selected Readings. Pretoria: Human Sciences Research
Council.
Shearing, C. 1991. Police Deviance and Accountability in Mathews, M.L., Heyman
P.B. & Mathews, A.S. (eds). Policing the Conflict in South Africa. Gainsville:
University of Florida Press.
Shearing, C. 1993. A Constitutive Conception of Regulation (Pp. 67-79) in
Braithwaite, J. & Grabosky, P. (eds) Business Regulation and Australia's Future.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology.
Braithwaite, J., Grabosky, P. & Shearing, C. 1993. Introduction (Pp. 1-8) in
Braithwaite, J. & Grabosky, P. (eds) Business Regulation and Australia's Future.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology.
Shearing, C. 1991. The Relation Between Public and Private Policing (Pp. 399-434) in
Tonry, M. & Morris, N. (eds) Modern Policing. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Gladstone, J., Ericson, R.V. & Shearing, C. 1991. Introduction in Gladstone, J,
Ericson, R.V. & Shearing, C. Criminology: A Readers Guide. Toronto: Centre of
Criminology.
Stenning, P.C. & Shearing, C. 1991. Policing in Gladstone, J., Ericson R.V. &
Shearing, C.D. (eds). Criminology: A Readers Guide. Toronto: Centre of Criminology.
Stenning, P.C., Addario, S.M., Condon, M.G. & Shearing, C. 19991. Controlling interests: Two conceptions of ordering financial markets (Pp. 88-119) in Friedland,
M.L. (ed). Securing Compliance: Seven Case Studies. Toronto: University of Toronto
Press.
Addario, S.M., Stenning, P.C. & Shearing, C. 1987. Behind union lines: The setting of evidentiary boundaries (Pp. 153-169) in Lowman, J., Menzies, R.J. & Palys, T.S.
(eds). Transcarceration. Aldershot, Hampshire: Gower.
Stenning, P.C. & Shearing, C. 1987. Reframing policing (pp. 9-18) in Shearing, C. &
Stenning, P.C. (eds). Private Policing. Newbury Park: Sage.
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Ericson, R.V. & Shearing, C. 1986. The scientification of police work (Pp. 129-159) in
Bohme, G. & Stehr, N. (eds). The Knowledge Society. Sociology of Science Yearbook,
Vol. 10, Dordrecht: Reidel.
Shearing, C. 1985. Riots (Pp. 1586-1587) in The Canadian Encyclopedia. Edmonton:
Hurtig Publishers. (Reprinted in revised edition, 1988)
Stenning, P.C. & Shearing, C. 1985. Police (Pp. 1439-1440) in The Canadian
Encyclopedia. Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers. (Reprinted in revised edition, 1988)
Shearing, C. & Stenning, P.C. 1985. Law enforcement (Police) (P. 987) in The
Canadian Encyclopedia. Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers (Reprinted in revised edition,
1988).
Shearing, C. & Stenning, P.C. 1985. From the Panopticon to Disney World: The development of discipline (Pp. 335-349) in Doob, A.N. & Greenspan, E.L. (eds.).
Perspectives in Criminal Law: Essays in Honour of John Ll. J. Edwards. Toronto:
Canada Law Book.
Shearing, C. 1983. Cops don't always see it that way (Pp. 374-388) in Fleming, T. &
Visano, L. (eds.). Deviant Designations: Crime, Law and Deviance in Canada.
Toronto: Butterworths.
Shearing, C. 1981. Introduction (Pp. 1-8) in Shearing, C. (ed.). Organizational Police
Deviance: Its Structure and Control. Toronto: Butterworths.
Shearing, C. 1981. Deviance and conformity in the reproduction of order (Pp. 29-47) in Shearing, C. (ed.). Organizational Police Deviance: Its Structure and Control.
Toronto: Butterworths.
Shearing, C. & Stenning, P.C. 1981. Modern private security: Its growth and implications (Pp. 193-245) in Tonry, M. & Morris, N. (eds.). Crime and Justice: An
Annual Review of Research, Vol. 3. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Shearing, C. 1981. Private security in Canada: Some questions and answers (Pp.
53-76) in McGrath, W.T. & Mitchell, M.P. (eds.). The Police Function in Canada.
Toronto: Methuen.
Shearing, C. Dial-a-Cop: A study of police mobilization (Pp. 77-88) in Akers, R.L. &
Sagarin, E. (eds.). Prevention and Social Defense. New York: Praeger.
JOURNAL ARTICLES
Wood, J. & Shearing, C. 2009. De Nodale politiefunctie. Justitiële verkenningen.
Nodal governance en veiligheidszorfg. 1:11-28.
Johnston, L and Shearing, C. (2009). Introduction: Researching practice. Police
Practice and Research: Special 10th Anniversary Issue, Vol 10, 1.
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Marks, M., Shearing, C & Wood, J. (2009). Who Should the Police Be? Finding a New
Narrative for Community Policing in South Africa. Police Practice and Research: An
International Journal. 10(2): 145-155.
Shearing, C. Forthcoming. Why Nexus Policing?: Reflections on the Shifting
Imagining of Police. Policing: Journal of Policy and Practice. July 2009.
Shearing, C. 2008. Making South Africa Safe: Possibilities and Prospects. Acta
Criminologica. CRIMSA Conference Special Edition. 1:1-11.
Burris, S., Kempa, M. & Shearing, C. 2008. Changes in Governance: A Cross-
Disciplinary Review of Current Scholarship. Akron Law Review 4(1).
Ayling, J. & Shearing, C. 2008. Taking care of business: Public police as commercial security vendors. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 8, 27-50.
Shearing, C. & Foster, D. 2007. Back to the Future in South African Security: From
Intentions to Effective Mechanisms. Acta Juridica, 156-170.
Shearing, C. & Wood, J. 2007. From the Guest Editors: Re-shaping policing: ideas in
Action. Police Practice and Research 8 (2): 99-106.
Gunningham, N., Holley, C. & Shearing, C. 2007. Neighbourhood environmental improvement plans: Community empowerment, voluntary collaboration and legislative design. Environmental and Planning Law Journal. 24 (2,March): 125-151.
Stenning, P.C. & Shearing, C. 2005. Reforming Police – Opportunities, Drivers and
Challenges. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 38 (2): 167-
180.
Brodeur, J.P. & Shearing, C. 2005. Configuring Security and Justice. European
Journal of Criminology, 2, (4): 379-406.
Burris, S., Drahos, P. & Shearing, C. 2005. Nodal Governance as an Approach to
Regulation. Australian Journal of Legal Philosophy, 30:30-58.
Shearing, C. 2005. Die Politische Produktion von Sicherheit. Kriminologisches
Journal, Vol. 37, no.2, 82-92
Marks, M. & Shearing, C. 2005. Reconceptualizing reform practice in South African policing. South African Review of Sociology, 36 (2): 131-140.
Shearing, C. & Johnston, L. 2005. Justice in the Risk Society. The Australian and New
Zealand Journal of Criminology, 38 (1): 25-38.
Shearing, C. & Kempa, M. 2004. A Museum of Hope: A Story of Robben Island. The
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 592 (March): 62-
78.
Shearing, C. 2004. Nodal Security. Police Quarterly,l 8 (March): 57-63.
Cartwright, J. & Shearing, C. 2004. Building Peace in the Cape. Safer Society: The
Journal of Crime Reduction and Community Safety, #23 (Winter): 20-22.
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Shearing, C. & Marks, M. 2004. Diversity in Policing: Multi-agency frameworks and strategies. Society in Transition, 35 (2): 197-203.
Shearing, C. 2004. Thoughts on Sovereignty. Policing and Society, 14 (March): 5-12.
Dupont, B., Grabosky, P. & Shearing, C. 2004. The Governance of Security in Weak and Failing States. Criminal Justice: An International Journal of Policy and Practice, 3
(4), 331-349.
Shearing, C. & Wood, J. 2003. Governing security for common goods. International
Journal of the Sociology of Law, 31, 3: 205-225.
Shearing, C. & Wood, J. 2003. Nodal governance, democracy, and the new
‘denizens’. Journal of Law and Society, 30, (3, September): 400-419.
Shearing, C., Jenneker, M. & Cartwright, J. 2001. Securite gouvernance et communautes marginales. Quartiers sensibles ici et ailleurs, Les Cahiers de La
Securite Interieure, No 49:79-98.
Kempa, M. & Shearing, C. Microscopic and macroscopic responses to inequalities in the governance of security: respective experiments in South Africa and Northern
Ireland. Special Issue on Transitions of Crime and Policing in Transformations, 49:
25-54.
Aral, S., Burris, S. & Shearing, C. 2002. Health and the Governance of Security: A
Tale of Two Systems. Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 30: 632-643.
Shearing, C. 2001. A Nodal Conception of Governance: Thoughts on a Police
Commission. Policing and Society, 11, No. 3-4, Special Issue on Policing in Northern
Ireland, pp. 259-272.
Shearing, C. 2001. Punishment and the Changing Face of Governance. Punishment
and Society, 3 (2): 203-220.
Shearing, C. & Kempa, M. 2000. Rethinking the Governance of Security in
Transitional Democracies. Nigerian Law Enforcement Review, (July-September).
Shearing, C. 2000. 'A New Beginning' for Policing. Journal of Law and Society, 27,
(3): 386-393.
Shearing, C. & Wood, J. 2000. Reflections on the Governance of Security, a
Normative Inquiry. Police Practice: An International Journal, 1 (4): 457-476.
Shearing, C. 1999. Zero Tolerance. Criminal Law Bulletin, 35, August: 378-83.
Kempa, M., Carrier, R., Wood., J. & Shearing, C. 1999. Reflections on the Evolution of the Concept of ‘Private Policing’. European Journal on Criminal Policy and
Research, 7:197-223.
Wood, J. & Shearing, C. 1999. Reinventing Intellectuals. Canadian Journal of
Criminology (Special Issue on Research: Policy, Models and Issues), 41, (2) April:
311-320.
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Wood., J. & Shearing, C. 1998. Securing safety on campus: A case study. Canadian
Journal of Criminology, 40 (1) January: 81-95.
Shaw, M. & Shearing, C. 1997. Reshaping Security: An Examination of the
Governance of Security in South Africa. African Security Review, 7 (3): 3-12.
O’Malley, P., Weir, L., & Shearing, C. 1997. Governmentality, Criticism, Politics.
Economy and Society, 26, (4) Nov: 501-517.
Bayley, D. & Shearing, C. 1996. The Future of Policing. Law and Society Review, 30
(3): 585-606.
Shearing, C. 1995. Transforming the Culture of Policing: Thoughts from South Africa.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 54-61.
Shearing, C. 1994. Participatory Policing: Modalities in Lay Participation. Imbizo,
1(2): 5-10.
Shearing, C. 1994. Transformations of governance: The case of community policing.
Sash, 37(1), September.
Shearing, C. 1994. Reinventing Policing: Policing as Governance. Imbizo, 1(1).
Shearing, C. 1992. Changing police culture: The bottom-up view. Platypus, 36
(July): 15-16.
Shearing, C. & Ericson, R. V. 1991. Culture as figurative action. British Journal of
Sociology, 42, (4,December): 481-506.
Shearing, C. 1991. La recherche d'une police communautaire: L'histoire d'un grand ensebmle de Toronto. Déviance et Société, 15, (3): 353-359.
Shearing, C. 1991. Policing the Transformation. Work in Progress, Vol.79
(December): 22.
Shearing, C. 1991. Police and government: The quest for impartial policing. Work in
Progress, 78, (October/November): 17-19.
Shearing, C. 1991. Policing the police: the ombudsman solution. Indicator SA:
Political Monitor, 8 (4): 11-14.
Shearing, C. 1990. Re-ordering thoughts: A reply to Alan Hunt. Canadian Journal of
Criminology, 32 (4), October: 659-660.
Shearing, C. 1989. Decriminalizing criminology: Reflections on the literal and tropological meaning of the term. Canadian Journal of Criminology, 31 (2), April:
169-178.
Petrunik, M.G. & Shearing, C. 1988. The 'I,' the 'Me,' and the 'It': Moving beyond the
Meadian conception of self. Canadian Journal of Sociology, 13, (4, Fall): 435-448.
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Shearing, C. 1986. Policing South Africa: Reflections on Botha's reforms. Canadian
Journal of Sociology, Vol. 11, (3) Summer: 293-307.
Shearing, C., Stenning, P. & Addario, S. 1985. Corporate perceptions of private security. The Canadian Police College Journal, Vol. 9, (4): 367-390. (In French in the same issue: Comment l'entreprise perçoit sécurité privée. Pp.401-425.)
Shearing, C., Stenning, P. & Addario, S. 1985. Public perceptions of private security.
The Canadian Police College Journal, Vol. 9 (3): 225-253. (In French in the same issue: Comment le public perçoit la sécurité privée. Pp.141-167.)
Shearing, C., Stenning, P. & Addario, S. 1985. Police perceptions of private security.
Canadian Police College Journal 9(2): 127-152. (In French in the same issue:
Comment la police perçoit la sécurité privée. Pp.141-167.)
Stenning, R. & Shearing, C. 1984. Corporate justice: Some preliminary thoughts.
The Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology, Vol. 17, June: 79-86.
Petrunik, M & Shearing, C. 1980. Fragile facades: Stuttering and the strategic manipulation of awareness. Social Problems, Vol.31, (2) December: 125-138.
Shearing, C. & Stenning, P. 1983. Private security: Implications for social control.
Social Problems, Vol. 30, (5) June: 493-506.
Shearing, C. & P. Stenning. 1983. Private Security and its Implications: A North
American Perspective, in Rees, A. (ed.) Policing and Private Security (Canberra:
Australian Institute of Criminology) pp. 16-44.
Feuerverger, A. & Shearing, C. 1982. An analysis of the prosecution of shoplifters.
Criminology, Vol. 20, (2) August: 273-289.
Shearing, C. 1980. Subterranean processes in the maintenance of power: An examination of the mechanisms co-ordinating police action. The Canadian Review of
Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 18, (3): 283-298.
Stenning, P. & Shearing, C. 1980. The quiet revolution: The nature, development and general legal implications of private policing in Canada. Criminal Law Quarterly,
Vol. 22:220-248.
Shearing, C. & Stenning, P.C. 1979. Private security and private justice: Doing justice to justice. British Journal of Law and Society, Vol. 6, (2): 261-271.
Shearing, C. 1978. Private security in Canada: Size; Private security in Canada:
Growth and expenditure; Private Security in Canada: the people. Resources
Protection (Three Part Series), Vol.7 (5): 6,36; 7(6):8,21; 7(7):23.
Shearcing, C. & Leon, S.J. 1976. Reconsidering the police role: A challenge to a challenge of a popular conception. Canadian Journal of Criminology and Corrections
(4,October) Pp. 331-345.
Shearing, C. 1973. Towards a phenomenological sociology or towards a solution to the Parsonian puzzle. Catalyst, 7(Winter): 9-14.
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Shearing, C. 1973. How to make theories untestable: A guide to theorists. The
American Sociologist, 8 (7,February): 33-37.
COMMISSIONS OF INQUIRY
1999. Report of the Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland: A
New Beginning: Policing in Northern Ireland. Belfast: Independent Commission on
Policing for Northern Ireland. (Participated in the writing of this report as a
Commissioner).
1993. Report to the Commission of Inquiry Regarding the Curbing of Public Violence and Intimidation the Multinational Panel into the Curbing of Violence and Intimidation
During the Forthcoming South African Election, Cape Town, August.
1992. Testimony of Multinational Panel Regarding Lawful Control of Demonstrations in the Republic of South Africa, held before The Commission of Inquiry Regarding the Prevention of Public Violence and Intimidation, Cape Town, July 9th. (with other
Panel Members). This report has been published under the editorship of the Panel
Chair: Philip Heymann (ed.), Towards Peaceful Protest in South Africa. Pretoria:
Humanities and Sciences Research Council.
1991. Board of Inquiry on Activities of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Related to
Allegations Made in the Senate of Canada: Report. Available in French. (Responsible for analysis of findings and drafting of report)
1990. External Review of the Canadian Forces Special Investigations Unit: Report for the Department of National Defense, Canada. Available in French. (Responsible for analysis of findings and drafting of report)
1976. Report of the Commission of Inquiry Relating to the Public Complaints,
Internal Discipline and Grievance Procedures Within the Royal Canadian Mounted
Police. Ontario: Information Canada. Available in French. (Responsible for data collection, analysis of findings and drafting of report as Director of Research)
GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS
Shearing, C. 2006. In Search of Security: The Future of Policing in Canada.
Law Reform Commission of Canada’s Report to the Minister of Justice, Government of Canada. (prepared first draft with Philip Stenning)
Shearing, C. 1992. Reflections on Police Management. Discussion Paper: Royal
Canadian Mounted Police External Review Committee. Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada (English and French).
Shearing, C. 1990. Post-Complaint Management: The Impact of Complaints
Procedures on Police Discipline. Discussion Paper: Royal Canadian Mounted Police
External Review Committee. Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada
(English and French).
Shearing, C. 1988. Suspensions: A Balanced View. Consultant to planning and writing of this report Discussion Paper 1: Royal Canadian Mounted Police External
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Review Committee. Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada. (English and
French).
Atcheson, R.M., Hann, R.G., Palmer, J., Shearing, C.D., & Zaharchuk, T.M. 1980.
Study of Police Management Information Systems (Summary and Vols. 1-5). Ottawa.
Minister of Supply and Services Canada.
Stenning, P.C. & Shearing, C. 1979. Search and Seizure: Powers of Private Security
Personnel. A Study Paper prepared for the Law Reform Commission of Canada)
Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada. (available in French)
Shearing, C., Matthews, C.J. & Lynch,. F.J. Lynch 1977. Policing in Canada: A
Bibliography. Ottawa: Research Division, Ministry of the Solicitor General of Canada.
Sue Corke and F. Jennifer Lynch. 1976. Police Programs and Procedures Manual. (3 volumes) Ottawa: Solicitor General of Canada and the Canadian Association of Police
Chiefs.
Shearing, C. 1975. Police Training in Ontario. Toronto: Ontario Police Commission.
(Contributed to preparation as a member of the Working Group on Police Training)
TECHNICAL REPORTS
Kempa, M. & Shearing, C. 2003. A Human Rights Policy Framework for Jamaican
Policing. Prepared for Jamaican Ministry of National Security.
Shearing, C. 2002. Crime, Rights and Order: Reflections on an Analytical Framework.
Paper prepared for a seminar on Crime, Public Order and Human Rights convened by the International Council on Human Rights Policy and the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, New York, October 21-22, 2002.
Hermer, J., Kempa, M., Shearing, C., Stenning, P. & Wood, J. 2002. Policing in
Canada in the 21st Century: Directions for Law Reform. Report to the Law
Commission of Canada. Ottawa: Law Commission of Canada.
Valverde, M., Levi, R., Condon, M., O'Malley, P. & Shearing, C. 1998. Democracy in
Governance: A Socio-Legal Framework. Report for the Law Commission of Canada on Law and Governance Relationships.
Shearing, C. 1995. Report to the Independent Committee of Inquiry into the Role
and Responsibilities of the Police. London.
Shearing, C. 1989. MTHA Pilot Study Report. For the Metropolitan Toronto Housing
Authority.
Hann, R.G. Asbury, K. and Shearing, C. 1989. MTHA Security Delivery System (5
Volumes). For the Metropolitan Toronto Housing Authority.
Shearing, C. 1988. Metro Toronto Housing Authority, Safety and Security Mid-Pilot
Review. For the Metropolitan Toronto Housing Authority.
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Asbury, K., Hann, R.G. & Shearing, C. 1988. Metro Toronto Housing Authority Safety
and Security Committee: Consultants' Report for the First Phase. Submitted to the
Metropolitan Toronto Housing Authority.
Shearing, C. 1986. The Future of Compliance. For Ontario Waste Management
Corporation.
Shearing, C. 1986. Review of CELRF Concepts and Compliance Model. For the
Ontario Waste Management Corporation.
Shearing, C. 1985. Museum Security Tender Specifications: Final Report. 1985. For the National Museums of Canada.
Hann, R.G., Stenning, P.C., & Shearing. C. 1983. The Bankruptcy Security Process:
Final Report of the Bankruptcy Compliance Committee. For the Superintendent of
Bankruptcy, Ministry of Consumer and Corporate Affairs Canada.
Shearing, C. 1979. Writs of Assistance Use in Canada. For the Law Reform
Commission of Canada
Stenning, P.C. & Shearing, C. 1978. Private Security and Law Enforcement in
Canada. For the Ministry of the Solicitor General of Canada .
Farnell, M.B., Timmerman, J. & Shearing, C. 1975. Make or Buy: A Question of
Minimum Standards for Security Guards. For the Ministry of the Solicitor General of
Canada.
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Shearing, Clifford (2008). The Past, Present and Future in Policing. In R. Granér & P.
Larsson (eds) Policing in Scandinavia. Proceedings from the Conference on Police
Research in Växjö August 2007. ( Växjö University Studies in Policing no 005-2008)
Växjö: Växjö University, Police Education and Training Programme
Shearing, C. 1995. Commentary. Workshop on the Evaluation of Police Service
Delivery, Solicitor General of Canada, Montreal, Nov 2-4 1994. Montreal:
International Centre for Comparative Criminology.
Shearing, C. 1994. Sécurité privée et technologies en Amérique du Nord. Securite et
Technologies. Paris: IHESI.
Shearing, C. 1992. Affirmative Action: The Case of the South African Police.
Proceedings of the Conference on Affirmative Action in a New South Africa, Port
Elizabeth, South Africa, October 1991.
Shearing, C. & Stenning, P.C. 1983. Private security and its implications: A North
American a North American perspective. (pp16-44) in Anthony Rees (ed.), Policing
and Private Security. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology.
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Shearing, C. & Stenning, P.C. 1980. Snowflakes or good pinches?: Private security's contribution to modern policing. (Pp. 96-105) in Rita Donelan (ed.), The Maintenance
of Order in Society. Ottawa: Canadian Police College.
Shearing, C.D., F. Jeffries, S. Arthurs and P.C. Stenning (Eds). 1974. Private Policing and Security in Canada: A Workshop, Toronto: Centre of Criminology, University of
Toronto.
OCCASIONAL PAPERS
Feltes, T. & Shearing, C. 2009. E-Learning Crossing Borders: Policing (all around) the
World. Draft for The Criminologist – Teaching tips column.
Shearing, C. 1998. Changing Paradigms in Policing -- The Significance of Community
Policing for the governance of Security. ISS Papers (34):1-9.
Shearing, C. 1991. Community Voices on Policing in Transition. Occasional Paper,
Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape.
ARTICLES IN THE POPULAR PRESS
Shearing, C. 2000. Patten has been gutted. Op. Ed. The Guardian (November 14 th ).
Shearing, C. & Doob, T. 1996. Should we have a zero-tolerance policy toward antisocial behavior? Editorials and Opinions, Toronto Star (October 6th).
Shearing, C. 1991. We need a new government, rather than a bigger riot squad.
Letter to the Editor, Cape Times, (November 14 th ).
Shearing, C. 1991. What's the real point of affirmative action? Vrye Weekblad,
(October 23rd-31st, P.17). Extract from "Affirmative Action: The Case of the South
African Police."
Shearing, C. 1991. Policing the SA Police. Feature in South (October 3rd-8
Extract from "Transforming the Police." th , P.7)
Shearing, C. 1991. Policing the Police: the ombudsman option for a new South
Africa. News Focus, Sunday Tribune, (September 15th), reprint of "Policing the
Police."
Shearing, C. 1991. Die polisie se rol in die oorgangsfase en daarna in 'n demokratiese Siud-Afrika. Vrye Weekblad, (Interview, September 13-19 th , P. 12).
Shearing, C. 1991. Public 'ombuds body' is needed to monitor SAP during transition.
Cape Times. (OpEd; September 2nd). Extract from "Policing the Police."
Shearing, C. & Cartwright, J. 1978. An essay concerning modern man's dependence on reason. Weekend Magazine. Toronto (September 8th).
PUBLISHED INTERVIEWS
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Exploring the Ideas of Clifford Shearing [radio], Ideas, Radio Canada, Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation, Presented by David Cayley, Broadcast 11 Feb 2004.
In Search of Security [radio], Ideas, Radio Canada, Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation, presented by David Cayley, Broadcast 26 May 2003.
Clifford Shearing - Toronto 1990 in Hilda Bernstein, The Rift: The Exile Experience of
South Africans, London: Jonathan Cape 1993.
REPRINTED
Shearing, C. & Stenning, P. 1984. From the Panopticon to Disneyworld: The
Development of Discipline in Gould, B. 2009. (ed) Surveillance: Critical Concept in
Criminology. Routledge. Reprinted from Doob, A. and Greenspan, E. 1985. (eds)
Perspectives in Criminal Law. Toronto: Aurora.
Shearing, C. 2006. Security and Governance: Punishment and the Changing Face of
Governance, in Goold, B. & Zedner, J. (Eds.). Crime and Security. Aldershot:
Ashgate. (Reprint of “Punishment and …”).
Shearing, C. 2006. Governing Security for Common Goods, in Goold, B. & Zedner, J.
(Eds.). Crime and Security. Aldershot: Ashgate. (Reprint of “Governing Security for…”).
Shearing, C. 2006. The Governance of Security in Weak and Failing States, in Goold,
B. & Zedner, J. (Eds.). Crime and Security. Aldershot: Ashgate. (Reprint of “The
Governance of Security in Weak…”).
Shearing, C. 2004. The Future of Policing, in Thurman, Q.C. & Zhao, J. (Eds.).
Contemporary Policing: Controversies, Challenges, and Solutions- An Anthology.
Roxbury Press: Los Angeles, CA. (Reprint of “The Future of Policing”).
Shearing, C. 2004. Punishment and the Changing Face of Governance, in Roche, D.
(Ed.). Restorative Justice. Dartmouth: Ashgate. (Reprint of “"Punishment and the
Changing Face of Governance.")
Shearing, C. 2002. From the Panopticon to Disney World: The Development of
Discipline, in Massey, G. (Ed.). Readings for Sociology (5 th Edition). W. W. Norton &
Company. (Reprint of “From the Panopticon…”).
Shearing, C. 2001. Stutterers' practices, in Rubington, E. & Prasad, S. (Eds.).
Deviance: The Interactionist Perspective. Allen & Bacon Publishing. (Reprint of
“Fragile Facades ….”).
Shearing, C. 2000. The Changing Face of the Governance of Security and Justice, in
Einstein S. & Amir, M. (Eds.). Police, Security and Democracy, Vol.2, The
Uncertainty Series, Hampshire, UK, Ashgate Publishing Co. (Reprint of “Punishment and the changing ….”).
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Shearing, C. 1998. The Future of Policing, in Alpert, G. & Piquero, A. (Eds.).
Community Policing: Contemporary Readings. Waveland Press. (Reprint of "The
Future of…")
Shearing, C. 1998. The Future of Policing, in Cole, G.F. & Gertz, M.G. (Eds.).
Criminal Justice: Law and Politics (7th ed.). Wadsworth Publishicng Co. (Reprint of
"The Future of policing…").
Shearing, C. 1998. The Future of Policing, in Lane, J.S. & Petersilia, J. (Eds.).
Criminal Justice Policy. Cheltenham, England: Edward Elgar. (Reprint of “The Future of ....).
Shearing, C. 1996. From the Panopticon to Disney World: The Development of
Discipline, in O’Malley, P. (Ed.). Crime and the Risk Society. Aldershot: Ashgate.
(Reprint of “From the Panopticon ...).
Shearing, C. 1996. The Reinvention of Community Policing, in Imbizo (Special Issue:
Non-State and Private Policing) Issue 3, International Focus, pp 1-2. (Reprint of “The
Reinvention of ...).
Shearing, C. 1996. Coordinating Police Action, in Ksenych, E. & Liu, D. (Eds.).
Conflict, Order and Action (2nd ed.). Toronto: Canadian Scholars Press. (Reprint of
“Subterranean Processes ....)
Shearing, C. 1996. Private Security: Implications for Social Control, in Reiner, R.
(Ed.). Policing, Vol. 1. The International Library of Criminology, Criminal Justice and
Penology. Aldershot: Dartmouth. (Reprint of “Private Security: Implications ....)
Shearing, C. 1996. From the Panopticon to Disney World: The Development of
Discipline, (Pp. 413-422) in Muncie, J., McLaughlin, E. & Langan, M. (Eds.).
Criminological Perspectives: The Open University Reader. London: Sage. (Reprint of
“From the Panopticon ....)
Shearing, C. 1996. Reinventing Policing: Policing as Governance, in Marenin, O.
(Ed.). Policing Change: Changing Police. Garland Press (Forthcoming). (Reprint of
“Reinventing Policing ...”).
Shearing, C. 1994. Community Voices on Policing in Transition, in Ncholo, P. (Ed.).
Towards Democratic Policing. Cape Town: Esquire Press (Reprint)
Shearing, C. 1994. Private Security: Implications for Social Control, in Henry, S.
(Ed.). Social Control: Aspects of Non-State Justice. The International Library of
Criminology, Criminal Justice and Penology. Dartmouth Publishing Company. (Reprint of “Private Security: ...”).
Shearing, C. 1993. Disney World, un example de discipline instrumentale, Actes, #
83/84 Sommaire, Juin: 24-26, extracts from "Du Panoptique à «Disneyworld»: permanance et évolution de la discipline." Actes #60 Été, 1987:27-33.
Shearing, C. 1992. Say 'Cheese'! - The Disney order that is not so Mickey Mouse, in
Haniland, W.A., Gordon, R.J. & Vivanco, L.A. (Eds.).Talking About People:
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Introductory Readings in Cultural Anthropology. Mayfield: Palo Alto. (Reprint of "Say
'Cheese'! ....")
Shearing, C. 1993. Policing: Relations between public and private forms, in Findlay,
M. & Zvekic, U. (Eds.). Alternative Policing Styles: Cross-cultural Perspectives.
Netherlands: Kluwer (Rome: UNICRI). (Reprint of "Conception of Policing: ....")
Shearing, C. 1991. The "I," the "Me," and the "It: Moving beyond the Meadian conception of self, in Himelfarb, A. & Richardson, C.J. (Eds.). Sociology for
Canadians: A Reader.’ Toronto: McGraw-Hill. (Reprint of "The "I," ....")
Shearing, C. 1993. Subterranean processes in the maintenance of power: An examination of the mechanisms coordinating police action, in McCormick, K.R.E. &
Visano, L. (Eds.). Understanding Policing. Toronto: Canadian Scholarly Press.
(Reprint of "Subterranean ....")
Shearing, C. 1993. Reconsidering the police role: A challenge to a popular conception, in McCormick, K.R.E. & Visano, L. (Eds.). Understanding Policing.
Toronto: Canadian Scholarly Press. (Reprint of "Reconsidering ....").
Shearing, C. 1993. Private Security: Implications for Social Control, in McCormick,
K.R.E. & Visano, L. (Eds.). Understanding Policing. Toronto: Canadian Scholarly
Press. (Reprint of "Reconsidering ....").
Shearing, C. 1992. From the Panopticon to Disney World: The development of discipline, in Clarke, R.V. (Ed.). Situational Crime Prevention: Successful Case
Studies. Albany, NY: Harrow and Heston. (Reprint of ""Say 'Cheese'! ....")
Shearing, C. 1991. Organizational Police Deviance: Its Structure and Control.
Transcribed into Braille/recorded in sound by The Canadian National Institute for the
Blind.
Shearing, C. 1990. Différentes Conceptions de l'exercice de la police, in Les Cahiers
de la Securite Interieure, #3 November 1990-January 1991: 19-29 (Reprint of
"Policing")
Shearing, C. 1989. Private Security and social control, (Pp.384-402) in Timmer, D.A.
& Eitzen, D.S. (Ed.). Crime in the Streets and in the Suites. Newton, Mass.: Allyn and Bacon. (Reprint of "Private Security: Its Implications for Social Control.")
Shearing, C. 1987. Stutterers' practices, (Pp. 319-329) in Rubington, E. & Weinberg,
M. (Eds.). Deviance: The Interactionist Perspective (5th and 6th ed.). New York:
Macmillan. (Abridged version of "Fragile facades: Stuttering and the strategic manipulation of awareness").
Shearing, C. 1987. Du Panoptique à «Disneyworld»: permanance et évolution de la discipline. Actes, # 60 Été:27-33. (Translation of "From the Panopticon to Disney
World: The development of discipline." by Nicole Wilkinson).
Shearing, C. 1987. Say 'Cheese'! - The Disney order that is not so Mickey Mouse,
(Pp. 317-323) in Shearing, C. & Stenning, P.C. (Eds.). Private Policing. Newbury
Park: Sage. (Abridged version of "From the Panopticon to Disney World: The development of discipline").
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Shearing, C. 1986. The shifting alliances of reform and resistance, Indicator 4 (1):
20-23. (Abridged version of "Policing South Africa: Reflections on Botha's reforms").
Shearing, C. 1984. La sécurité privée au Canada: Quelques questions et responses,
Criminologie XVII(1):59-89. (Translation of "Private security in Canada: Some questions and answers." by Jean-Paul Brodeur and Sylvie Gagné).
Shearing, C. 1982. Private security in Canada: Some questions and answers,
(Pp.248-265) in Boydell, C.L. & Connidis, I.A. (Eds.). The Canadian Criminal Justice
System. Toronto: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
Shearing, C. & Cartwright, J. 1981. An essay concerning modern man's dependence on reason, (Pp. 123-130) in Park, M. & David, J. (Eds.). Replay: A Canadian College
Reader. Toronto: Methuen.
Shearing, C., Leon, J.S. 2005. Reconsidering the police role: A challenge to a challenge of a popular conception, (Pp. 268-295) in van Outrive, L. & Rizkalla, S.
(Eds.). Final report: International Seminar on Police Research. Montreal:
International Centre for Comparative Criminology, University of Montreal.
BOOK REVIEWS
Shearing, C. 1991. Privatizing Criminal Justice by Roger Mathews (Ed.), reviewed in
Canadian Journal of Criminology.
Shearing, C. 1990. Joining Forces: Police Training, Socialisation and Occupational
Competence by Fielding, N.G., reviewed in Canadian Journal of Sociology,
15(3):381-382.
Shearing, C. 1990. Crimes of Violence in Black Townships by Ndabandaba, G.L., reviewed in The British Journal of Criminology 30, (2, Spring):251-253.
Shearing, C. 1987. Wayward Capitalists: Targets of the Securities and Exchange
Commission by Shapiro, S., reviewed in Corruption and Reform 2(3):298-301.
Shearing, C. 1980. Control in the Police Organization by Punch, M. (Ed.)., reviewed in The Canadian Journal Of Sociology, 10 (3), pp.28-33
Shearing, C. 1979. Community-based Preventive Policing: A Review by Wasson,
D.K., reviewed in Canadian Journal of Criminology, 21(4):493-494.
Shearing, C. 1978. Explaining Crime (2nd ed.). by Nettler, G., reviewed in Canadian
Journal of Criminology, 20(3):362-367.
Shearing, C. 1978. The Behavior of Law by Black, D., reviewed in Canadian Journal
of Criminology, 20(2):200-201.
Shearing, C. 1977. Focus on Police: Police in American Society by Potholm, C.P. &
Morgan, R.E. reviewed in Sociology: Reviews of New Books, 5(1):16.
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Shearing, C. 1976. Violence, Race and Culture by Curtis, L.A., reviewed in Crime,
Punishment and Corrections, 5(1):78-80; also in Sociology: Review of New Books,
3(3):46.
Shearing, C. 1974. Crime as Work by Letkemann, P., reviewed in Sociology: Reviews
of New Books, 1(6):113.
Shearing, C. 1973. The New Criminology by Taylor, I., reviewed in University of
Toronto Law Journal, 24(1):113-116.
RECENT PRESENTATIONS
Shearing, C. 2001. Experiments in the Governance of Security, invited presentation for Conectando Agendas Compartiendo Experienceias: III Congreso Annual ASAEC,
Rosario, Argentina, May 3-5, 2001-04-26.
Shearing, C. & Aral, S. 2001. Health and the Governance of Security, paper presented at the Conference on Health, Law and Human Rights: Exploring the
Connections, Philadelphia, September 29 th to October 1 st , 2001.
Shearing, C. 2001. The Project for Safe and Just Communities in the context of global trends in the governance of security, presentation at the conference: Trends and challenges in the governance of urban security: Experiences in Canada and
Argentina, hosted by the National Plan for the Prevention of Crime, Ministry of
Justice and Human Rights, Buenos Aires, Argentina, November, 7 th , 2001.
Shearing, C. 2001. Shifts in democratic governance and their implications for the governance of security, international workshop of participants of the Project for Safe
and just Communities, Rosario, Argentina, 9 th November, 2001.
Shearing, C. 2001. Causes, Perceptions and Effects, presentation at the Crime, Public
Order and Human Rights: Focus Meeting, Geneva, November 18 th , 2001.
Shearing, C. 2002. Local Capacity Governance: Possibilities, invited presentation to the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, Government of Queensland, Brisbane,
11-3-02.
Shearing, C. 2002. Local Capacity Governance: Possibilities, invited presentation at the Ipswich Community Service and Research Centre, University of Queensland,
Ipswich, 12-3-02.
Shearing, C. 2002. Rethinking Justice, invited presentation at the Institute of
Criminology, University of Cape Town, 10-5-02.
Shearing, C. 2002. Symbolic and Instrumental Ordering, invited presentation at the
School of Government, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, 21-6-02
Shearing, C. 2002. Framing Policing, invited presentation to the Management of the
Tasmania Police, Hobart, Tasmania, 24-6-02
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Shearing, C. 2002. The Nodalization of Regulatory Space: Rethinking the Governance of Security, invited presentation to the French Ministry of Interior, Paris, 4-7-02
Shearing, C. 2002. Governing Security: Regulatory Possibilities, invited plenary presentation, Annual Meetings, British Society of Criminology, Keele University, July
2002.
Shearing, C. 2002. What future for public policing? Opening presentation in debate with Ian Blair, Deputy Commissioner, Metropolitan Police London, Annual Meetings,
British Society of Criminology, Keele University, July 2002.
Shearing, C. 2002. Accountability and Policing, invited presentation Northern Ireland
Police Ombudsman’s Office, Seminar Series, to lead a discussion on Police
Accountability, Operational Independence and the Reform Agenda in Northern
Ireland, Belfast, September 25 th 2002.
Shearing, C. 2002. What are we to do about justice? Invited presentation at the
British Society of Criminology Seminar Series (Northern Ireland branch), Belfast,
September 25 th 2002.
Shearing, C. 2002. What future public policing? Invited presentation Transitional
Justice: Policing and Transistion, University of Ulster, Belfast, 26 th September 2002.
Shearing, C. 2002. Reflection of the Current Developments and Challenges of Safe and Just Community Project, presentation to a Reflection Workshop jointly organized by The Safe and Just Communities Project and the Centre for Social and Legal
Studies, Buenos Aires, 9-11-02
Shearing, C. 2002. Policing in the 21 st Century: Conceptual and Practical Directions, invited lecture, Faculty of Law, University of Rosario, Post Graduate Specialization in
Criminal Law, Rosario, 12-11-02
Shearing,C. 2003. Refiguring the Public and Private within a Nodal Governance
Framework, invited plenary presentation at the conference: In Search of Security, hosted by the Law Commission of Canada in Montreal, 19th February 2003.
Shearing, C. 2003. Private Sponsorship of Public Policing, presentation at the conference: In Search of Security, hosted by the Law Commission of Canada in
Montreal, 19 th February 2003
Shearing, C. 2003. Community Peace Program – ein erfolgreicher Ansatz in Südafrika und Argentinien! Auch ein kriminalpräventives Modell für Deutschland, presented to the Arbeitsstelle Kinder- und Jugendkriminalitätsprävention, Munich, May 29 th 2003.
Shearing, C. 2003. Trends in Governance, Graduate Student Seminar, Department of
Criminology, Keele University, 2-6-03.
Shearing, C. 2003. Nodal Governance and the Public Interest, Faculty Seminar,
Department of Criminology, Keele University, 3-6-03.
Shearing, C. 2003. Innovations in Policing: Possibilities for Change, presentation to senior officers of the London Metropolitan Police, 4-6-03.
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Shearing, C. 2003. Entrepreneurship and the Common Good, at the American
Society of Law and Society Annual Meetings, Pittsburg, USA, 7 th June 2003.
Shearing, C. 2003. Nodal Security at the international conference: On the Past,
Present, and Future of the Field of Police Studies, June 12-14, 2003, at Eastern
Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky, USA.
Shearing, C. 2003. Neighbourhood Decision Making and Models of Community
Governance, invited presentation at a Discussion Seminar, Key Centre for Ethics,
Law, Justice and Governance, Griffith University, Brisbane, 8-7-03
Shearing, C. 2003. Governing Security: New Regulatory Challenges, plenary presentation, Australian Law Teachers Association Conference, Brisbane, 8-7-03
Shearing, C. 2003. Transformations in the Governance of Security: Challenges for
Police Organizations, invited presentation to senior Patagonian police officers hosted by the Undersecretary of Citizenship, Security and Labour, Government of Neuquen,
Patagonia, Argentina, 18-7-03.
Shearing, C. 2003. Nodal Governance, invited presentation at a Faculty Seminar,
School of Social and Cutural Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington,
New Zealand, 22-7-03.
Shearing, C. 2003. Mandela’s Hope, invited presentation at a Regulatory Institutions
Network, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, 5-8-03.
Shearing, C. 2003. Justice in the Risk Society, plenary presentation, Australian and
New Zealand Society of Criminological Meetings, Sydney, 2-10-03.
Shearing, C. 2004. The Governance of Security: Thoughts on Sovereignty, presentation at the University of Hamburg, 2-2-04
Shearing, C. 2004. The Future of Policing, opening session presentation, Policing
Conference, Edinburgh University 13 th May 2004.
Shearing, C. 2004. Nodal Governance, Faculty Seminar, Law Department, London
School of Economics, London, 2 nd June 2004.
Shearing, C. 2004. Re-governing Security, Manheim Lecture, London School of
Economics, London, 9-6-04
Shearing, C. 2004. Shaping Nodal Governance, seminar: Confronting Globalization
and the Neo-Liberal Challenge, Department of Administrative and Organizational
Theory, University of Bergen, 10-6-04
Shearing, C. 2004. Local Capacity Governance in South Africa - A Model for Peaceful
Coexistence, Department of the Sociology of Law, University of Oslo, 14-6-04
Shearing, C. 2004. Accidental Ethnography, seminar presented in Social Research
Methods, Sociology course, University of Canberra, 27-9-04
Shearing, C. 2004. Shifting Governance: The Case of South African Policing seminar presented in Law, Order and Conflict in the Pacific, a course in the Masters in Applied
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Anthropology and Participatory Development, Faculty of Arts, Australian National
University, 12-10-04.
Shearing, C. 2004. Making Sense of Plural Governance, presentation in the Master’s course on Environmental Management and Development, Asia Pacific School of
Economics and Governance, 20-10-04
Shearing, C. 2004. Governmentality, Security and Policing, intensive PhD course at the Institute of Criminology, University of Oslo, 21 st and 22 nd November 2004.
Shearing, C. 2004. Reflections on Policing, seminar for Police Research Forum,
Institute of Criminology, University of Oslo, 22 nd Nov ember 2004.
Shearing, C. 2005. Paradigms for Policing presentation at A New Decade of Criminal
Justice in South Africa: Consolidating Transformation, Gordon’s Bay, South Africa, 7-
2-05.
Shearing, C. 2005. Reflections of the Refusal to Acknowledge Private Governments, graduate seminar, Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town, 8-3-05.
Shearing, C. 2005. Governing Security: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities, faculty seminar, Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town, 11-3-05.
Shearing, C. 2005. Top-down meets bottom-up, La Police et les Citoyens, University of Montreal, Nicolet, Quebec, May 31st to June 2, 2005
Shearing, C. & Kempa, M. 2005. Post-Patten Reflections on Patten, Public Lecture,
Law Programme, Queen's University Belfast, 08 June 2005.
Shearing, C. & Kempa, M. 2005. Policing in Partnership with the Community:
Northern Ireland and Global Trends, Public Lecture, Committee on the Administration of Justice, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 09 June 2005.
Shearing, C. & Kempa, M. 2005. Trends in policing and global governance: a research agenda, Roundtable seminar, Transitional Justice Institute, University of
Ulster, Jordanstown Campus, 10 June 2005.
Shearing, C. 2005. Criminology and the Fourth World, plenary lecture, Scottish
Criminology Conference: Criminology and its Publics, Edinburgh, 2 nd September
2005.
Shearing, C. & Kempa, M. 2005. Theories of Governance: Conceptualising Problems and Prospects in Governance, paper presented at the conference: Governance of
Health, hosted by the Open Society Institute, held in Salzburg, Austria, 05-08
December 2005.
Shearing, C. & Leman-Langois, S. Transition, Forgiveness and Citizenship: The South
African Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Social Construction of
Forgiveness. Paper presented at a workshop on Justice and Reconciliation in Post-
Apartheid South Africa hosted by the Law Faculty, University of Cape Town, Cape
Town, 12 & 13 December 2005.
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Shearing, C. 2006. Restorative Justice: Moving Beyond Reparations presented at the international conference: The Politics of Restorative Justice in South Africa and
beyond, Monkey Valley, Noordhoek Cape Town 21-22 September 2006.
Shearing, C. 2006. Who should the police be in an age of nodal governance? Plenary
Presentation at Symposium: Securing the future: Networked policing in New
Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand 22 nd November 2006.
Shearing, C. 2007. Reflections on Criminology, Keynote Address, Status Quo
Roundtable: Criminology and Criminal Justice, hosted by The Knowledge Fields
Development Directorate of the South African National Research Foundation,
Pretoria, March 29 th 2007
Shearing, C. 2007. Panelist, Roundtable discussion: The Future of Security and the
Security of the Future, Workshop on Reconciling Liberty and Security, Old Library, All
Souls College, Oxford University, Friday 27 th April 2007.
Shearing, C. 2007. Police: Past, present and future, Opening Keynote Address, The
Past, Present and Future in Policing, Nordic Police Research Conference, Växjö
University, Växjö, Sweden, 16th August 2007. ( Published as Shearing, Clifford
(2008). The Past, Present and Future in Policing. In R. Granér & P. Larsson (eds)
Policing in Scandinavia. Proceedings from the Conference on Police Resewarch in
Växjö August 2007. ( Växjö University Studies in Policing no 005-2008) Växjö: Växjö
University, Police Education and Training Programme)
Shearing, C. 2007. Making South Africans Safe: Possibilities and Prospects, Plenary presentation at the Criminological and Victimological Society of Southern Africa
Conference: Perspectives on Crime and Criminal Justice in Africa, held at the
University of Pretoria, South Africa 27-29 August 2007.
Shearing, C. 2007. Who should the police be in an age of polycentric governance?
Opening, plenary address at Exploring New Frontiers and Looking at the Future of
Policing, part of the International Association of Law Enforcement Meeting: Planners
Annual Training Conference, hosted by the Calgary Police Service in Calgary, 14
19 th October 2007. th
Shearing, C. 2008. Why Nexus Policing?: Reflections on the Shifting Imagining of
to
Police. Nexus Policing: Binding Research to Practice Conference, Melbourne
26-28 May 2008
Shearing, C. 2008. “Nodal Governance and the Zwelethemba Model” Paper presented at the ESRC – Seminar 3: Criminal Justice and Regulation Seminar Series,
September 9 th and 10th 2008, School of Law, University of Manchester.
Shearing, C. 2008. Panel Member, Public Launch of Regulation, Security and Justice
Research Centre, School of Law, University of Manchester – The Transformation of
Criminal Justice: Implications for Policy and Research, September 10th 2008.
Shearing, C. 2008 Governance, security, and space: conceptual links. Opening presentation. Leipzig Graduate School workshop. “Governing security and making space“. Hosted by the University of Leipzig’s Research Training Group and the Free
University of Berlin’s programme on Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood, in
Berlin on September 5th 2008.
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Shearing, C. 2008. “Urban Security Dilemmas and Governance in Africa” Public
Lecture organized by CLEEN Foundation in collaboration with the Lagos State
Security Trust Fund to mark the 10th Anniversary of the CLEEN Foundation, Lagos,
December 9 th 2008 and Abuja, December 10 th 2008.
Shearing, C. 2009. “Back to the Future: Revisiting the National Crime Prevention
Strategy”. Violent Crime and Democratization in the Global South Conference hosted by the Democracy and Governance Programme, HSRC in Cape Town. 18 th and 19 th
March 2009.
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