Explaining the Unexplainable: Theorizing the Starving of the Disabled Other
Explaining the Unexplainable: Theorizing the Starving of the Disabled Other
Ryan ThorneycroftPeta S. CookNicole L. Asquitha Western Sydney University, Penrith South, Australiab University of Tasmania, Hobart, AustraliaRyan Thorneycroft is Lecturer in Criminology in the School of Social Sciences at Western Sydney University. Some of his research interests include crip theory and violence.Dr. Peta S. Cook is a sociologist at the University of Tasmania. Her sociological research focuses on ageing, medical science and technology, health and illness, and disability. Peta’s current research is primarily focused on topics such as ageism, elder abuse, age-friendly societies, traumatic brain injury, and ableism/disablism. For her work, Peta has received the University of Tasmania Vice Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Community Engagement (2018) and the Australian Sociological Association’s (TASA) Sociology in Action Award (2020).Nicole L. Asquith is the Professor of Policing and Emergency Management in the School of Social Sciences in the College of Arts, Law, and Education, and is the Director of the Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies at the University of Tasmania. With more than 25 years of work focusing on vulnerable populations and policing practices, their research interests include vulnerability, disability studies, sexualities and genders diversity, hate crime, and critical policing studies.