Shock and Awe: On Progressive Minimalism and Retreatism, and the New Ultra-Realism
Shock and Awe: On Progressive Minimalism and Retreatism, and the New Ultra-Realism Abstract In this article, we respond to DeKeseredy and Schwartz’s (2013) article, “Confronting Progressive Retreatism and Minimalism: The…
Utilising Principles of Earth Jurisprudence to Prevent Environmental Harm: Applying a Case Study of Unconventional Hydraulic Fracturing for Shale Gas in the United Kingdom
Utilising Principles of Earth Jurisprudence to Prevent Environmental Harm: Applying a Case Study of Unconventional Hydraulic Fracturing for Shale Gas in the United Kingdom Abstract Approaching behaviour that produces environmental…
Abject (M)Othering: A Narratological Study of the Prison as an Abject and Uncanny Institution
Abject (M)Othering: A Narratological Study of the Prison as an Abject and Uncanny Institution Abstract The present study investigates how prison comes across as a culturally constructed imaginary. Drawing on…
Decolonising Criminology: Syed Hussein Alatas on Crimes of the Powerful
Decolonising Criminology: Syed Hussein Alatas on Crimes of the Powerful Abstract Like the rest of the social sciences, criminology is dominated by Western scholars, literature and perspectives. This Westerncentrism of…
A Gramscian Approach to Studying the Judicial Decision-Making Process
A Gramscian Approach to Studying the Judicial Decision-Making Process Abstract This paper applies a Gramscian analytical framework to scrutinise the judicial decision-making process. Based on two distinct research projects, the…
Discourses of Political Policing in Post-patten Northern Ireland
Discourses of Political Policing in Post-patten Northern Ireland Abstract This article critically examines discourses of political policing in contemporary Northern Ireland (NI). Recognising the post-conflict and post-reform climate that policing…
State Aid and Taxation of Transnational Companies: A Study of State-Corporate Crime
State Aid and Taxation of Transnational Companies: A Study of State-Corporate Crime Abstract This study examines the taxation of transnational companies from the perspective of state-corporate crime. As in Sutherland’s…
False Starts, Wrong Turns and Dead Ends: Reflections on Recent Developments in Criminology
False Starts, Wrong Turns and Dead Ends: Reflections on Recent Developments in Criminology Abstract The nature and direction of criminology has changed significantly over the past two decades. The subject…
Interspecies Violence and Crimes of Dissent: Communication Ethics and Legitimacy in Message Crimes Involving Wildlife
Interspecies Violence and Crimes of Dissent: Communication Ethics and Legitimacy in Message Crimes Involving Wildlife Abstract In this article, we consider the phenomenon of message crimes involving harm to wildlife…
Intersectionality, Rural Criminology, and Re-imaging the Boundaries of Critical Criminology
Intersectionality, Rural Criminology, and Re-imaging the Boundaries of Critical Criminology Abstract One of the significant shortcomings of the criminological canon, including its critical strands—feminist, cultural and green—has been its urbancentric…
Renewing Criminalized and Hegemonic Cultural Landscapes
Renewing Criminalized and Hegemonic Cultural Landscapes Abstract The Mafia’s long historical pedigree in Mezzogiorno, Southern Italy, has empowered the Mafioso as a notorious, uncontested, and hegemonic figure. The counter-cultural resistance…
The Empire of Scrounge Meets the Warm City: Danger, Civility, Cooperation and Community among Strangers in the Urban Public World
The Empire of Scrounge Meets the Warm City: Danger, Civility, Cooperation and Community among Strangers in the Urban Public World Abstract This article offers alternative views on scrounging—looking through garbage…