RT Article
T1 Reading penalty from the periphery
JF Theoretical criminology
VO 27
IS 4
SP 660
OP 675
A1 Sozzo, Máximo
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1868070646
AB This article presents a critical reflection on the task of reading penality from the periphery, adding to several significant contributions in punishment and society studies. It explores the center/periphery, North/South differentiations and their uses in recent social theory as a useful tool for studying contemporary penality at a global scale. It argues that previous modes of analysis did not put relations of inequality, subordination and dependence between different regions of the world in their agenda of research, because they were overwhelmingly concerned with penal processes and dynamics in the central contexts. Instead, it calls for placing at center stage the effects of imperialism and colonialism, in their different forms throughout history, in ways of thinking and acting in relation to penality and the center/periphery. From there, the article identifies some paradoxes and risks, as well as antidotes that provide a horizon for our future research.
K1 punishment and society
K1 Periphery
K1 Penality
K1 Latin America
K1 Colonialism
DO 10.1177/13624806231199749