Feeling the absence of justice: Notes on our pathological reliance on punitive justice
Feeling the absence of justice: Notes on our pathological reliance on punitive justice Abstract This article critically examines our relationship with justice in contemporary Western liberal settings, with a particular…
What exactly are you restoring us to? A critical examination of Indigenous experiences of state‐centred restorative justice
What exactly are you restoring us to? A critical examination of Indigenous experiences of state‐centred restorative justice Abstract Over the past 30 years the restorative justice (RJ) movement has become…
What a shame! Restorative justice’s guilty secret
What a shame! Restorative justice's guilty secret Abstract In this article, I address a long-standing issue confronting restorative justice: its shaky ethical foundation. Leading restorative justice theorists have pursued an…
The impact of employment upon young offenders’ identities
The impact of employment upon young offenders’ identities Abstract While numbers of first-time entrants have decreased dramatically in the last decade, young people remaining in the youth justice system in…
Restorative justice and the culture of control
Restorative justice and the culture of control Abstract A profound change has occurred, during the last half century, in patterns and strategies for handling crime in modern societies. During the…
Commandment, commencement and restorative justice
Commandment, commencement and restorative justice Abstract Early restorative justice archives challenged state criminalisation through three basic pledges – diversion, social transformation, and decolonisation – thereby inaugurating a movement against repressive…
Challenging co‐optive criminalisation: Feminist‐centred decarceration strategies for interpersonal and sexualised violence
Challenging co‐optive criminalisation: Feminist‐centred decarceration strategies for interpersonal and sexualised violence Abstract Feminism and prison abolitionism are not theoretically or politically homogenous, and yet in their mainstream versions they are…
Effective participation of mentally vulnerable defendants in the English magistrates’ courts: The crucial role of liaison and diversion
Effective participation of mentally vulnerable defendants in the English magistrates’ courts: The crucial role of liaison and diversion Abstract Mentally vulnerable defendants who are unable to effectively participate in their…
Prison staff’s perceptions of procedural justice in English and Welsh prisons: A quantitative study
Prison staff's perceptions of procedural justice in English and Welsh prisons: A quantitative study Abstract This study aimed to develop a measure of procedural justice (PJ) perceptions for prison staff,…
Defunding the police in the UK: Critical questions and practical suggestions
Defunding the police in the UK: Critical questions and practical suggestions Abstract Calls to defund the police emerged from Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests of 2020, inspiring USA cities to…
Sensory Penalities: Exploring the Senses in Spaces of Punishment and Social Control K. Herrity, B.E. Schmidt and J. Warr (Eds.). Bingley: Emerald (2021) 296pp. £70.00hb ISBN 9781839097270
Sensory Penalities: Exploring the Senses in Spaces of Punishment and Social Control K. Herrity, Schmidt and J. Warr (Eds.). Bingley: Emerald (2021) 296pp. £ ISBN 9781839097270 The Howard Journal of…
Marketisation and Privatisation in Criminal Justice K. Albertson, M. Corcoran and J. Phillips (Eds.). Bristol: Policy Press (2020) 329pp. £64.00hb, £23.19pb, £23.19e‐book ISBN 9781447345701, 9781447345817, 9781447346180
Marketisation and Privatisation in Criminal Justice K. Albertson, M. Corcoran and J. Phillips (Eds.). Bristol: Policy Press (2020) 329pp. £, £, £‐book ISBN 9781447345701, 9781447345817, 9781447346180 The Howard Journal of…