ABSTRACT
Recently,whenexaminingtherelationshipbetweencrimeand globalisation(Findlay,1999),Iarguedthevirtuesofcomparative contextualanalysis.Thismeansaninteractiveprojectwherecontextis employedovercommunityorculture,toenablecomparativeanalysis withoutsacrificingspecificity.Comparativecontextualanalysis providesthepotentialtoreconcile'anacutesensitivitytothe peculiaritiesofthelocal',with'theuniversalisingimperative'.The noveltyinthisapproachtocomparativeanalysisisnottherediscovery ofcontext.Ratheritisinthemulti-levelledapplicationswhichcontext invites.
