Michelle Berzins

The inability of compliance strategies to prevent collusive conduct

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show that cartel conduct is a common example of non‐compliance with competition laws and, in order to generate insight and lessons regarding aspects of corporate governance, two areas of cartel behaviour are to be analysed. The first is the extent to which employees of organisations were aware of the seriousness and illegality of their cartel conduct, and the second is the extent to which determining bodies acknowledged the presence or absence of compliance strategies within corporations being prosecuted for cartel conduct.Design/methodology/approach – A measurement matrix devised from the literature was used as a methodological framework through which content analysis was conducted to explore whether cartel offenders were aware of the illegality of their behaviour and whether the presence or absence of compliance strategies was acknowledged by the court. In total, 69 publicly available investigatory outcomes sourced from 11 different jurisdictions were analysed.F...

Along came a swagman: teaching Australian university curricula and methods in Southern Italy

The development of critical thinking skills within certain individuals can be enhanced through international and intercultural experiences (Vincenti, 2001). To test this assertion the effects of exposing a group of Italian university students to a curriculum delivered in a week-long intensive format by a visiting Australian university professor were measured. A pre- and post-delivery survey on critical thinking skills found statistically significant self-reported improvements on three of the 12 items of the critical thinking inventory (Sofo, 2007). These improvements include a marked difference in perceived ability to move beyond lower-order cognitive skills such as knowing and comprehending to actively applying core and higher-order skills including the ability to identify assumptions, gain fresh perspectives and systematically explore different perspectives as part of a team. Beyond the specific items tested within the critical thinking inventory, the students also experienced cross-cultural facilitation which incorporated andragogical teaching methods with a discipline alternate to their own.

Book review: Handbook of Policing

Handbook of Policing is one of the latest contributions to the fields of criminology and police science, and given the rate at which policing has changed (and indeed continues to change), the publication of this text is timely. The Handbook of Policing contains 28 chapters, which are divided into four sections. The first section details the historical context in which policing is situated, thus facilitating a greater understanding of how the profession has evolved. The second section focuses on the contemporary position of policing within the realms of the local, national, international and transnational. The third section looks at policing operationally including the models and approaches adopted by police. Incorporated into this is an analysis of issues such as cybercrime, globalization, terrorism and organized crime. This audit of key areas provides a good basis from which the final section examines contemporary issues such as ethics, leadership, restorative justice and the future of policing. Each chapter concludes with a list of selected further reading. The inclusion of a glossary and detailed list of abbreviations and acronyms is useful, particularly for readers not familiar with some of the terms used within the United Kingdom. The explicit aim of this book is to analyse the way in which the changing nature of policing is represented and to examine how this representation relates to the actual reality of policing. A secondary aim is to identify and explore the direction and development of policing, while simultaneously contributing to the field through integrating the most recent research with critical analysis and commentary. The collation of this wide range of contributions into one volume is opportune given the gap that exists for well-researched and authoritative work on policing that addresses issues ranging from the historical through to the contemporary. Contributions have been sourced from a variety of authors including academics, criminologists and personnel of various police services. This makes the text essential reading for those seeking a thorough introduction to the world of policing. The targeted audience is identified as being ‘students, B O O K R E V I E W S