Public space and the developmental state in Singapore
In: International development planning review: IDPR, Volume 24, Issue 4, p. 433-448
ISSN: 1474-6743
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In: International development planning review: IDPR, Volume 24, Issue 4, p. 433-448
ISSN: 1474-6743
In: Social justice: a journal of crime, conflict and world order, Volume 24, Issue 1
ISSN: 1043-1578, 0094-7571
Documents the highest ever rate of incarceration for the state of California. Suggests that there is no necessary link between a higher rate of incarceration and a lower rate of crime. Indeed, notes that the prodigious expansion of the state's correctional system has yielded a negligible impact on crime, especially violent crime.
In: Habitat international: a journal for the study of human settlements, Volume 20, Issue 4, p. 625-634
In: Pacific affairs: an international review of Asia and the Pacific, Volume 68, Issue 2, p. 297
ISSN: 1715-3379
In: Policy studies journal: an international journal of public policy, Volume 21, Issue 2, p. 296-308
ISSN: 0190-292X
In: Military Affairs, Volume 42, Issue 4, p. 217
In: Southeast Asian affairs, Volume 1976, Issue 1, p. 339-347
ISSN: 1793-9135
In: Social Policy in Post-Industrial Singapore, p. 201-224
In: Country Survey Report, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
In: Criminology: the official publication of the American Society of Criminology, Volume 25, Issue 2, p. 279-294
ISSN: 1745-9125
Based on five months of field work in Singapore, this study examines the style of law and order in a densely populated, island city‐state. In addition to providing descriptive accounts of what some now regard as a highly regimented, if not repressive society, the relevance of Singapore to criminological theory is explored. How police‐community relations have altered as a result of massive urban renewal programs is set forth. Further clarification is given several of Black's propositions regarding the behavior of law and to Adler's critique of low‐crime nations. An interpretation of Singapore systems of social control from a conflict theory stance is discussed.
In: Regional development dialogue: RDD ; an international journal focusing on Third World development problems, Volume 13, Issue 3, p. 136-143
ISSN: 0250-6505
In: The journal of developing areas, Volume 14, Issue 1, p. 71-98
ISSN: 0022-037X