RT Article
T1 Decolonizing the criminal question
JF Punishment & society
VO 23
IS 3
SP 297
OP 316
A1 Aliverti, Ana
A2 Carvalho, Henrique
A2 Chamberlen, Anastasia
A2 Sozzo, Máximo
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1761315773
AB In the last years there has been a growing effort from different theoretical perspectives to interrogate critically the impact of colonialism in the past and present of institutions and practices of crime control, both at the central and peripheral contexts, as well as in the production of knowledge in the criminological field. In this feature piece we examine this debate. We offer a critical account of key themes and problems that emerge from the intimate relationship between colonialism and punishment that directly challenge the persistent neglect of these dimensions in mainstream criminological scholarship. We aim to foreground the relevance of this relationship to contemporary enquiries. We highlight that decolonization did not dismantle the colonial roots of the cultural, social and political mechanisms informing contemporary punishment. They are still very much part of criminal justice practice and are thus also central to criminological knowledge productions.
K1 Punishment
K1 Globalization
K1 Decolonization
K1 criminal question
DO 10.1177/14624745211020585