What can Southern Criminology Contribute to a Post-Race Agenda?

Scott, John; Fa’avale, Andrew; Thompson, Beverly Yuen

doi:10.1007/s11417-017-9263-8

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“…Participants, also often mentioned how being of Pasifika descent and/or from Logan, were often defined by their deficiencies, such as, “low socio-economic status” and “low educational attainment” and their health risk factors as “obese” and “smokers”. Such negative labelling can lead people to respond with passive acceptance, acting as barriers to socio-economic, political, and cultural capital outside of the immediate community and reducing civic participation and sense of belonging [59, 60]. On the other hand, many of the participants in this study managed stigma through emphasizing the positive aspects of their culture and Logan.…”

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The impact and importance of place on health for young people of Pasifika descent in Queensland, Australia: a qualitative study towards developing meaningful health equity indicators

Durham

Fa’avale

et al. 2019

Int J Equity Health

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Background Health equity is a priority in the global sustainable development agenda. Available health equity indicators often focus on health outcomes, access to healthcare, risk factors and determinants such as income, education, and gender. Less attention has been given to other social determinants, including those related to place and ethnicity. Measures such as income, education, and gender, however, may not provide policy-makers with sufficient information to redress inequities. In this paper, we begin to develop health equity indicators for young Pasifika peoples in Logan, Queensland, Australia. While health data on Pasifika young people in Queensland is scant, available data suggests significant inequalities. The purpose of the study was to develop an understanding of the drivers of these disparities through the lens of the social determinants of health, to create health equity indicators. Methods Following meetings with community stakeholders to develop respectful and collaborative partnership processes, we took a youth participatory action research approach. Six peer researchers (3 male, 3 female) were recruited from the Logan area for the project. Following training, the peer researchers undertook 31 qualitative interviews with young Pasifika (16–24 years old). Data was manually analysed, coded and grouped into themes to develop the draft indicators. Interviews used the culturally appropriate Talanoa storytelling approach. Results Six key themes were identified from the interviews and were used to develop example indicators related to: spiritual and socio-cultural dimensions, place, access to culturally responsive services, economic and material dimensions and political dimensions. The results demonstrate health inequities experienced by Pasifika populations are strongly linked to place and their economic, social and cultural position. Conclusions This study emphasises the need to understand the multiplicity of place-based factors that interact in complex ways to shape health inequities for young Pasifika peoples. It highlights health equity indicators must go beyond healthcare services, outcomes and a limited number of objective determinants, to include a more holistic focus. Starting to measure health and wellbeing via the lens of the social determinants of health will help to identify where policy-makers and programmes can intervene to begin to more adequately address inequities.

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The impact and importance of place on health for young people of Pasifika descent in Queensland, Australia: a qualitative study towards developing meaningful health equity indicators

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“…Conversely, some scholars worry that construing the Global South's realities and ideas as fundamentally other to those of the Global North may contribute to their exoticization (Scott et al, 2018). I contend that examining aspects of organized crime in Mexico that criminological theories from the Global North cannot explain may contribute to these theories’ refinement.…”

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Why Global North criminology fails to explain organized crime in Mexico

Pereda

2022

Theoretical Criminology

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The prevailing definitions of organized crime and methodological approaches to studying it derive mainly from the Global North. However, an emergent body of literature suggests that organized crime in the Global South differs from organized crime in the Global North. Focusing on the case of Mexico, I argue that mainstream criminological theories’ inability to explain significant aspects of organized crime in that country stems from their underspecified scope. Mainstream theories analyse organized crime as a phenomenon that transpires in societies characterized by high levels of internal peace, rule of law and strong public institutions. In Mexico, a country that fails to adhere to these conditions, organized crime manifestations defy prevailing theoretical assumptions.

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“…Unfortunately, in human trafficking and commercial sex activities, humans are transported from poor regions to wealthy regions worldwide for leisure and entertainment purposes (Carrington et al, 2018). Global Southern Criminology's rural dimension explains colonisation's role in shaping the extent to which criminal activities occur in a region (Scott et al, 2018). A thorough exploration of the historical literature on human trafficking and commercial sex activities in Kiribati identifies that the start of this type of transnational crime can be traced back to the arrival of the first Spanish whalers and coconut oil producers to Gilbert and Banaba Islands (The Commonwealth, 2021;Thomas, 2009).…”

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Policing human trafficking and commercial sex in Kiribati

Naidu¹,

Patel²,

Pandaram³

2022

Policing the Global South

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Human trafficking and using girls for commercial sex is a global phenomenon that is adversely affecting all countries, irrespective of its size and background. Kiribati is not an exception to this. The field of study on criminology considers human trafficking as criminal behaviour that breaks society's criminal law. As far as Kiribati's context is concerned, human traffickers target young girls for leisure and commercial sex purposes by foreign fishing vessel crews. Notably, police intervention is critical to address the growing problem of human trafficking and commercial sex in Kiribati. Unfortunately, the lack of government policies on identifying and protecting trafficked victims limits the work police can undertake to address this transnational crime. This study uses the Southern criminological agenda to argue the reasons behind the rising problem of human trafficking and commercial sex activities in Kiribati. It also explores the official response of the Kiribati Police Service (KPS) to human trafficking and commercial sex crimes and the challenges Kiribati's law enforcement bodies face in addressing these transnational crimes.

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What can Southern Criminology Contribute to a Post-Race Agenda?

Cited by 4 publications

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The impact and importance of place on health for young people of Pasifika descent in Queensland, Australia: a qualitative study towards developing meaningful health equity indicators

The impact and importance of place on health for young people of Pasifika descent in Queensland, Australia: a qualitative study towards developing meaningful health equity indicators

Why Global North criminology fails to explain organized crime in Mexico

Policing human trafficking and commercial sex in Kiribati

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