Janet B L Chan

Biographic Data

ID114546
NAMEJanet B L Chan
GIVEN NAMESJanet B L
FAMILY NAMEChan
SIGNATURECHAN J B L
AFFILIATIONSUNSW Sydney
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS15
TOTAL CITATIONS22
AUTHOR COUNT15
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1981
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2003
H-INDEX2

  • Fair Cop: Learning the Art of Policing

    J Chan, Janet B L Chan et al.BOOKFair Cop2003

  • The Technological Game: How Information Technology is Transforming Police Practice

    Open AccessJ Chan, Janet B L ChanARTICLECriminal Justice2001

    This article draws on an Australian case study to examine the impact of information technology on police practice. It argues that technological change has altered important aspects of the `field' of policing—technology has redefined the value of communicative and technical resources, institutionalized accountability through built-in formats and procedures of reporting, and restructured the daily routines of operational policing. Although the cult…

  • Changing Police Culture: Policing in a Multicultural Society

    John P Lea, John Lea et al.ARTICLEPacific Affairs1999

  • Governing police practice: Limits of the New Accountability

    Open AccessJ Chan, Janet B L ChanARTICLEBritish Journal of Sociology1999Cited by: 19References: 20

    The advent of public‐sector managerialism has brought with it a new principle of police accountability in Western democracies such as Australia and Britain. The new accountability gives emphasis to managerial rather than legal or public‐interest standards, favours external oversight combined with self‐regulation rather than centralized control, and promotes risk management rather than rule enforcement. This article makes use of the experience of …

  • Changing Police Culture: Policing in a Multicultural Society

    Open AccessJ Chan, Janet B L ChanBOOKChanging Police Culture1997

    Police culture is often considered as both a cause of police deviance and an obstacle for police reform. In this case study of police racism and police reform in Australia, the author provides a critical assessment of police initiative in response to the problem of police/minorities relations. The book examines the dynamics of change and resistance within a police organisation and captures the complexity and unpredictability of the change process…

  • Doing Less Time: Penal Reform in Crisis

    John Lowman, J Chan et al.ARTICLECanadian Public Policy1993

  • The Privatisation of Punishment: A Review of the Key Issues

    Open AccessJ Chan, Janet B L ChanARTICLEAustralian Journal of Social Issues1992

    Both the New South Wales and the Queensland Governments have opened the door to the privatisation of prisons in Australia. The term ‘privatisation’ refers to a range of processes in the financing and provision of corrective ‘services’ to criminal offenders. This paper canvasses the theoretical and policy issues related to the privatisation of prisons. Through a review of the international literature, the author suggests key areas of concern for f…

  • Representing Order: Crime, Law, and Justice in the News Media

    K A Cerulo, Patricia M Baranek et al.REVIEWContemporary Sociology A Journal…1992

  • Representing Order: Crime, Law and Justice in the News Media

    David L Altheide, Patricia M Baranek et al.REVIEWSocial Forces1992Cited by: 1

  • Negotiating Control: A Study of News Sources

    Roy E Carter, Patricia M Baranek et al.REVIEWContemporary Sociology A Journal…1991

  • Negotiating Control: A Study of News Sources

    Bernard Roshco, Richard V Ericson et al.ARTICLESocial Forces1991

  • Visualizing Deviance: A Study of News Organization

    David L Altheide, Patricia M Baranek et al.REVIEWContemporary Sociology A Journal…1989References: 1

  • Negotiating Control: A Study of News Sources

    Open AccessPhilip Schlesinger, Patricia M Baranek et al.REVIEWThe Canadian Journal of Sociology1989

    Книга основана на обширном исследовании репортерской деятельности группой канадских социологов, исходивших из конструктивистского представления о медиа-производстве как о процессе, в котором новость появляется в результате взаимодействия журналистов с их источниками. Авторы ставят задачу изучить это взаимодействие, определить степень взаимозависимости сторон, их стратегии и влияние их отношений на конечный продукт и на знание общества о самом себ…

  • Visualizing Deviance: A Study of News Organization

    Open AccessPhilip Savage, Patricia M Baranek et al.REVIEWThe Canadian Journal of Sociology1988

  • Decarceration and the Economy of Penal Reform

    Open AccessAndrew Scull, J Chan et al.ARTICLEThe Canadian Journal of Sociology1981Cited by: 2