“We’re led by stupid people”: Exploring Trump’s use of denigrating and deprecating speech to promote hatred and violence

“We’re led by stupid people”: Exploring Trump’s use of denigrating and deprecating speech to promote hatred and violence Abstract In response to a call for criminologists to consider the impact…
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Hate in the time of the Covid-19 pandemic: dehumanisation as a side effect; re-humanisation as a remedy

Hate in the time of the Covid-19 pandemic: dehumanisation as a side effect; re-humanisation as a remedy Abstract This article is about denouncing the dehumanisation process that took place in…
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Twenty-first century political justice: Reflections on the blind spots of current debates on penality

Twenty-first century political justice: Reflections on the blind spots of current debates on penality Abstract This paper aims to examine the contours of current manifestations of political justice, in a…
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From an offender-based to an offense-based justice: Changes in sentencing patterns in the juvenile justice system in São Paulo from 1990 to 2006

From an offender-based to an offense-based justice: Changes in sentencing patterns in the juvenile justice system in São Paulo from 1990 to 2006 Abstract Juvenile justice systems around the globe…
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Ethnographic semantics and documentary method in criminology. A combination of reconstructive approaches using the example of Municipal Law Enforcement Services

Ethnographic semantics and documentary method in criminology. A combination of reconstructive approaches using the example of Municipal Law Enforcement Services Abstract Although a common German sociological methodology, the documentary method…
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The organizational reasons for wrongdoing. The case of Italy’s Superior Council of the Judiciary (CSM)

The organizational reasons for wrongdoing. The case of Italy’s Superior Council of the Judiciary (CSM) Abstract Many scholars have highlighted the individual, organizational and inter-organizational causes of organizational wrongdoing; others…
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‘I have used up my entire youth in the bush’: the Comités de Autodefensa during and after the Peruvian internal armed conflict

‘I have used up my entire youth in the bush’: the Comités de Autodefensa during and after the Peruvian internal armed conflict Abstract Youngsters participate as combatants at the forefront…
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Between the legal technique and the social question: the plural commitments of public defenders in Argentina

Between the legal technique and the social question: the plural commitments of public defenders in Argentina Abstract The criminal process in the Province of Buenos Aires has been affected by…
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