RT Article
T1 An anarchist criminology for uncertain times
JF Journal of criminology
VO 54
IS 1
SP 93
OP 106
A1 Ferrell, Jeff
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1888294035
AB Anarchist practices of direct action, decentralization, leaderless resistance, and mutual aid animate many forms of progressive activism that today percolate around the globe. For a new generation of activists, such practices are part of a more general anti-authoritarian reorientation to social life and social change. Here I suggest that this reorientation is worth exploring on its own terms, given that misunderstanding is all but assured if we try to make sense of it in the context of more conventional approaches. I argue in turn that street-level anarchist practices can productively reengage contemporary criminology with an increasingly uncertain world; attune criminology to the contested political dynamics of the present day; and help confront the precarious status of criminology and its practitioners.
K1 Activism
K1 Anarchism
K1 anarchist
K1 anarchist criminology
K1 Decentralization
K1 direct action
K1 leaderless resistance
K1 mutual aid
DO 10.1177/00048658211007185