Rights protection in prisons: Understanding recommendations-making by prison inspection and monitoring bodies in the European Union
Rights protection in prisons: Understanding recommendations-making by prison inspection and monitoring bodies in the European Union Punishment &Society, Ahead of Print. Despite the increasing focus on prison inspection and monitoring…
Panopticon, Inc.: Jeremy Bentham, contract management, and (neo)liberal penality
Panopticon, Inc.: Jeremy Bentham, contract management, and (neo)liberal penality Punishment &Society, Ahead of Print. This essay revisits Jeremy Bentham’s Panopticon, perhaps the foundational figure of the study of the prison,…
Comparing expert versus general public rationale for death penalty support and opposition: Is expert perspective on capital punishment consistent with “disciplined retention”?
Comparing expert versus general public rationale for death penalty support and opposition: Is expert perspective on capital punishment consistent with “disciplined retention”? Punishment &Society, Ahead of Print. The author compared…
Anand A Yang, Empire of Convicts – Indian Penal Labour in Colonial Southeast Asia
Anand A Yang, Empire of Convicts – Indian Penal Labour in Colonial Southeast Asia Punishment &Society, Ahead of Print. Russell Hogg Read the syndicated article here
Criminogenic risk assessment: A meta-review and critical analysis
Criminogenic risk assessment: A meta-review and critical analysis Punishment &Society, Ahead of Print. A vast body of research underlies the ascendancy of criminogenic risk assessment, which was developed to predict…
The politics of prison air: Breath, smell, and wind in Myanmar prisons
The politics of prison air: Breath, smell, and wind in Myanmar prisons Punishment &Society, Ahead of Print. This article explores what air means and entails in penal settings and examines…
Sarah Esther Lageson, Digital Punishment: Privacy, Stigma, and the Harms of Data-Driven Criminal Justice,
Sarah Esther Lageson, Digital Punishment: Privacy, Stigma, and the Harms of Data-Driven Criminal Justice, Punishment &Society, Ahead of Print. Megan Comfort Read the syndicated article here
Nahid Rahimipour Anaraki, Prison in Iran. A Known Unknown,
Nahid Rahimipour Anaraki, Prison in Iran. A Known Unknown, Punishment &Society, Ahead of Print. Azadeh Kian Read the syndicated article here
Reparative justice: The final stage of decolonization
Reparative justice: The final stage of decolonization Punishment &Society, Ahead of Print. Taking inspiration from Neo-colonialism: the last stage of imperialism, by Kwame Nkrumah of the thesis by Lenin that…
Neo-colonial penality? Travelling penal power and contingent sovereignty
Neo-colonial penality? Travelling penal power and contingent sovereignty Punishment &Society, Ahead of Print. The article explores the relevance of neo-colonial theory for criminology, and its contribution to understanding why and…
Penal nationalism in the settler colony: On the construction and maintenance of ‘national whiteness’ in settler Canada
Penal nationalism in the settler colony: On the construction and maintenance of ‘national whiteness’ in settler Canada Punishment &Society, Ahead of Print. The summer of 2020 was one of unprecedented…
Decolonizing the criminal question
Decolonizing the criminal question Punishment &Society, Ahead of Print. In the last years there has been a growing effort from different theoretical perspectives to interrogate critically the impact of colonialism…