Introduction to the Special Issue on the Problem of Punishment: Renewing Critique

Citation

Carvalho H, Chamberlen A & Duff A (2018) Introduction to the Special Issue on the Problem of Punishment: Renewing Critique. Social and Legal Studies. https://doi.org/10.1177/0964663918797995

Abstract
This introduction presents a collection of papers by Alan Norrie, Craig Reeves, Susanne Karstedt, Tiffany Bergin, Michael Koch, Mary Bosworth, Anastasia Chamberlen, Henrique Carvalho and Anita Dockley. It briefly discusses the origins of this collaborative research project, and outlines the theme, aims and format of the special issue, which calls for an interdisciplinary, theoretically informed and conceptually and practically critical examination of punishment today. It then provides a summary of the approach and argument of each of the contributions to the issue and offers a few reflections on ways forward.

Keywords
Punishment; punitiveness; prison; criminal justice; immigration detention

Journal
Social and Legal Studies