Lucia Zedner On How Pursuit Of Security Modified Criminal Justice“The criminal justice process, the trial, and punishment practices rely upon entrenched assumptions, conventions, and principles that are…Sep 5, 2021Sep 5, 2021
Mugambi Jouet on When Foucault Meets Ancel“Foucault has often appeared as a philosopher of the impossible. However, by juxtaposing his theoretical writings and activism, we see…Jul 18, 2021Jul 18, 2021
Jonathan Simon on Governing Through Crime“Among the major social problems haunting America in the 1970s and 1980s, crime offered the least political or legal resistance to…May 16, 2021May 16, 2021
Craig Haney On Mental Illness In Penal ConfinementIn Madness and Penal Confinement, Craig Haney illustrates how the pains of those suffering from mental illnesses get exacerbated…May 5, 2021May 5, 2021
Joel Feinberg On The Expressive Function of PunishmentWhile theorising punishment, Immanuel Kant argued that “even if a desert island community were to disband, its members should first execute…May 2, 2021May 2, 2021
Matthew Ball On Thinking Criminology Through Queer Shame“Queer criminological work on shame can help criminology look outside of itself and beyond the questions that it continues to ask about…Apr 19, 2021Apr 19, 2021
Harry Blagg and Thalia Anthony on Envisioning Postcolonial Criminology“In a phrase commonly attributed to Albert Einstein, insane people continue to repeat disastrously failed strategies, in hope of a…Apr 17, 2021Apr 17, 2021
Maria De Angelis On Competing Narratives On Migration-Crime-Gender NexusIn Conflicting Narratives of Crime & Punishment, Maria De Angelis throws light on the diverse narratives on migration that compete with…Apr 11, 2021Apr 11, 2021
Mulaqat with David MaguireHello and welcome to the first episode of “Mulaqat”, a series where we talk to criminologists and criminal justice scholars to dive into…Feb 19, 2021Feb 19, 2021
Abigail Henson on How Black Fathers With Criminal Records Navigate Employment DiscriminationIn Desistance, Persistence, Resilience and Resistance, Abigail Henson visbilises the resilience shown by Black fathers with a criminal…Feb 16, 2021Feb 16, 2021
Antony Duff on Whether Imprisonment Can Qualify As Civic PunishmentIn Offenders as Citizens, Antony Duff not only espouses the concept of ‘civic punishment’ but also answers whether imprisonment as a…Feb 9, 2021Feb 9, 2021
Rob Canton on How Moral Emotions Influence Attitudes Towards PunishmentIn Crime, Punishment and Moral Emotions, Rob Canton highlights the significance of understanding how moral emotions influence the…Feb 8, 2021Feb 8, 2021
Theodore Sasson on How Scientific Knowledge Influences Political Discourse on Death PenaltyIn How Science Matters, Theodore Sasson studies speeches made in Massachusetts Legislative Assembly to highlight how and to what extent…Feb 3, 2021Feb 3, 2021
David Garland on How America’s Political Economy Informs Its Penal Exceptionalism“America’s political economy is much more criminogenic than that of other developed countries” — David Garland.Feb 3, 2021Feb 3, 2021
Yvonne Jewkes on Envisioning ‘Architecture of Hope’ For Prisons“When a prison communicates positive attributes, the design challenges the cultural stereotype of what a prison is — and through this —…Jan 21, 2021Jan 21, 2021
Shadd Maruna and Ana King On How Belief in Redeemability Informs Public Punitive AttitudesIn Once a Criminal, Always a Criminal, Shadd Maruna and Ana King make an argument for the importance of analysing ‘belief in redeemability…Jan 10, 2021Jan 10, 2021
Carolyn Hoyle On Sociolegal Approach Towards Analysing Decisionmaking of Criminal Cases Review…In Forensic Science and Expert Testimony In Wrongful Convictions, Carolyn Hoyle argues for and provides a sociolegal analysis of the…Jan 7, 2021Jan 7, 2021
Mary Bosworth on the Criminology of Mobility‘… just as mobility is influencing our social world, so too it is shaping penal practices and their effects.’Dec 14, 2020Dec 14, 2020
Neil Chakraborti & Stevie-Jade Hardy On Barriers To Justice For Hate Crime VictimsIn Bloods, Threats and Fears, Stevie-Jade Hardy and Neil Chakraborti have identified ‘barriers to justice’ as one of the significant…Nov 22, 2020Nov 22, 2020
Alison Liebling, Ryan Williams, & Elinor Lieber On Changing Nature of Mind Games In Prisons‘As we attempt to work out what ‘humanity’ and ‘dehumanization’ might mean in practice, in prisons and beyond, these terms should surely…Nov 21, 2020Nov 21, 2020
