Denney builds upon quite impressive ethnographic fieldwork across Sierra Leone; she undertakes extensive archival research and a wide range of interviews with key participants, informants, and policymakers in both the United Kingdom and Sierra Leone to demonstrate and support the central argument of the book. - Fodei Batty, Quinnipiac University for Research in Sierra Leone Studies (Vol 2, No 2, 2014)"In Justice and Security Reform, however, Denney questions the extent to which fifteen years of security and rule-of-law assistance has tangibly improved citizens’ access to justice in Sierra Leone. In asking why success may have been limited, her analysis covers the institutional cultures of development actors, and the incompatibilities that emerge when they seek to engage with security and justice systems as they exist on the ground". -Cathy Haenlein,The RUSI Journal"An excellent text, that adds much to the work done post conflict and will, alas, be required reading for those charged with resolving future confrontations."- Professor John Birchall, Journal of Sierra Leone Studies