Blagg, H., & Anthony, T. (2019). Decolonising criminology. Imagining Justice In.
This book is an attempt to decolonize the study of criminology by embracing postcolonial and
post disciplinary research approaches, and then integrating such approaches into the text itself.
Using historical and political analysis as well as site-based case studies, it places colonial power
structures at the center of the conversation that is taking place in contemporary criminology. This
throws criminological research in jeopardy. The Western nation-state gets displaced as the
exclusive starting point for comparative studies of criminal behavior and legal systems as a result
of this. New paths of criminological investigation are presented as viable research directions in
the book "Decolonizing Criminology," which makes the argument that postcolonial and post
disciplinary critique might help guide the way. It presents an analysis of criminological subjects
that is considerably more in-depth than what has been presented in other contemporary works on
the subject. The authors engage perspectives concerned with articulating new decolonized
epistemologies from the Global South and use many heuristic methods, viewpoints, and theories
that are typically disregarded by criminologists from the Global North. The authors also engage
perspectives concerned with articulating new decolonized epistemologies from the Global South.
In place of the writers' usage of perspectives from the Global North, this is done in their stead.
This book challenges the common notion that colonialism is a thing of the past while at the same
time offering readers living in the Global North with a vital viewpoint on the topic.
Cunneen, C., & Tauri, J. M. (2019). Indigenous peoples, criminology, and criminal justice.
Annual Review of Criminology, 2, 359–381.
This essay presents a critical analysis of the experiences that indigenous peoples have had with
the judicial system over the course of history. The indigenous peoples of the United States of
America, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia are the primary subjects of this study. These four
countries are considered to be the primary Anglo-settler-colonial jurisdictions. The review is
based on several main arguments, including the following: that centuries of colonization have
left Indigenous peoples in all four jurisdictions in a position of profound social, economic, and
political marginalization; that the colonial project, especially the resulting socioeconomic
marginalization, plays a significant role in the current over-representation of Indigenous peoples
in settler-colonial criminal justice systems; and that a key failure has been the inability to
adequately address the root causes of the over-representation of Indigenous We come to the
conclusion that until the settler-colonial state and the discipline of criminology demonstrate a
willingness to support Indigenous peoples' desire for self-determination and for leadership in the
response to the social harms impacting their communities, very little will change to reduce the
negative nature of interactions between Indigenous people and the criminal justice system. This
is one of the main findings of our research. This is due to the fact that one of the most
fundamental human rights is the yearning of indigenous peoples for self-determination and for
leadership in the response to the social injustices that are harming their communities.
Hipp, J. R., & Williams, S. A. (2020). Advances in spatial criminology: The spatial scale of
crime. Annual Review of Criminology, 3, 75–95.
Recent advancements in the field of spatial criminology are highlighted, in addition to challenges
that are still active and those that are in the process of evolving. This page provides a general
overview of the aforementioned subjects. In spite of the fact that location and space are
inextricably linked, spatial criminology takes a different approach in its attempt to quantify and
theoretically clarify spatial processes and relationships. This is due to the fact that spatial
criminology acknowledges that location and space are inextricably linked. Because of this, it can
be considered a separate subfield of criminology. The following three points are going to receive
the vast majority of attention during this analysis: Human spatial behavior is becoming an
increasingly significant aspect to take into consideration in examinations of high-crime locations.
This is due to the fact that researchers are focusing their attention on ever-smaller geographic
units. Second, we propose that although the current explosion of geographically accurate data
presents exciting potential, theory is falling behind in directing us toward the direction of
understanding these new types of data, and explicitly inductive approaches should be considered
to complement existing deductive strategies. This is because theory is falling behind in directing
us toward understanding these new types of data. This is due to the fact that theory is currently
behind schedule in terms of steering us toward an understanding of these new kinds of data.
Third, one of the most important things that the field of spatial criminology needs to do in the
next ten years is to investigate the degree to which the degree to which micro- and meso-level
processes function invariably across different macro contexts. This is one of the most important
steps that the field can take.
Maruna, S., & Liem, M. (2021). Where is this story going? A critical analysis of the emerging
field of narrative criminology. Annual Review of Criminology, 4, 125–146
The subfield of criminology known as narrative has produced a considerable amount of written
material throughout the course of the past decade, making it one of the most productive areas.
This compilation of work includes both shorter works such as articles and longer works such as
novel chapters and full-length novels. They study the history of criminology's relatively recent
interest in this topic and trace its roots back to narrative studies in the social sciences in general.
This focus has only been in criminology for a relatively short amount of time. This interest has
been around for a relatively brief amount of time so far. This interest has been existing for a
comparatively short amount of time up to this point in time. The next step in the process is for
them to perform a study of recent developments, putting extra emphasis on research regarding
victim logy and resistance. The authors of this study focus on the most significant obstacles and
barriers that are related with the topic of narrative criminology, and they offer constructive ideas
for the continued expansion of the discipline. The study was carried out by the American Society
of Criminology. In conclusion, they suggest that narrative criminology should be combined with
other related disciplines in order for it to advance beyond its present position as a specialized
subfield within the overarching field of criminology. This would allow it to move beyond its
current status as a niche within criminology. As a direct result of this, the sector would be
provided with the opportunity to develop further and become more well-established.
Presser, L., & Sandberg, S. (2019). Narrative criminology as critical criminology. Critical
Criminology, 27, 131–143.
The theoretical paradigm known as narrative criminology is predicated on the premise that
stories have the power to affect potentially harmful activities and arrangements. Narrative
criminology was developed in the 1980s. Criminologists who study narratives investigate the
legendary beginnings of a wide variety of wrongdoings and also analyze the narratives that
perpetrators and victims use to combat destructive inclinations. In addition, they investigate the
legendary origins of a wide variety of wrongdoings. We contend that narrative criminology is an
appropriate and powerful framework for research in critical criminology because it is
fundamentally concerned with harm or resistance to harm, emphasizes collective involvement in
the genesis of harm, illuminates the dynamism of harm and, as a result, the possibilities of
resistance, and compels a reflexive stance on one's research. Additionally, because narrative
criminology compels a reflexive stance on one's research, we believe that narrative criminology
is an appropriate and powerful framework Stories are exchanged between individuals on many
different levels of social interaction. They are organized and inventive in addition to being selfaware and formed routinely, and they are engaged by things that are expressed as well as things
that are not uttered. The study of critical criminology focuses on questions that are important to
the field, such as the complexities of crime, injury, and justice in late modernity. The intricacy of
these situations are well complemented by the intricate nature of tales.