Ray Whitrod Memorial Lecture 2021

The Centre for Crime Policy and Research, Flinders University

Hosted by the Centre for Crime Policy and Research, Flinders University

Flinders University at Victoria Square

Policing New Worlds: New Paradigms, New PracticesProfessor Clifford Shearing, Griffith UniversityMuch has changed in policing as a consequence of the shifting realities that are defining the 21st Century. In this lecture, Clifford Shearing will explore the implications for policing, of two fundamental developments - shifts in earth systems, termed Anthropocene to recognise the role of humans in these changes, and the emergence of cyberspace and artificial intelligences, that James Lovelock has termed the Novacene. Shearing will share conclusions emerging from an ongoing multinational study, that he leads with Benoit Dupont from the University of Montreal, of disaster-focused case studies that considers the what, the who, and the how of the policing of these new worlds.BiographyProfessor Clifford Shearing holds positions at the Universities of Griffith, Cape Town and Montreal. A principal focus of his academic work has been on widening criminology's boundaries, with a primary focus on 'security governance'. His policy and applied work has been concerned with enhancing safety. Shearing's research and writing has become increasingly centred on criminology's responses to the challenges of the Anthropocene.

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