Preface Stanley Cohen Introduction Marilyn Strathern Developing Cultural Specificity for a Cultural Criminology Cyndi Banks Breaking the Cycle of Violence: Crime and State in Papua New Guinea Sinclair Dineen Deconstructing Violence in Papua New Guinea: the primacy of local definitions Cyndi Banks "The Thing Grows Everywhere": Spark Brus - Study of a Crime Henry Ivarature Arresting Instances: The Generative Qualities of Penal Discipline and Law in Papua New Guinea Adam Reed Raskolling: Papua New Guinea Sociality as Contested Political Order Karen Sykes Street Begging in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea: A Melanesian Underclass? Richard Sikani Disputing Resolution: Differing Responses to Two Plane Crashes Tony Crook