Journal of Prisoners on Prisons, V27 #2 - by Andreas Aresti & Sacha Darke (Paperback)

About the Book

This special issue of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons, edited by Andreas Aresti and Sacha Darke, marks the 20th anniversary of Convict Criminology (CC).

Book Synopsis

This special issue of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons, vol. 27, no. 2 (2018), edited by Andreas Aresti and Sacha Darke, marks the 20th anniversary of Convict Criminology (CC).

Drawing on auto-ethnographic, action research and other approaches to qualitative inquiry, the collection features contributions on a variety of topics, including the criminalization of women, the place of current and former prisoners in advocacy work concerning criminal justice, the role higher education can play in carceral settings, theorizing the experience of freedom and the deprivation of liberty, pushing the boundaries of CC through abolitionism and its internationalization.

About the Author

Justin Piché (Editor)
Justin Piché, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminology and Director of the Carceral Studies Research Collective at the University of Ottawa. He is co-managing Editor of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons (JPP) published by the University of Ottawa Press, which features peer-reviewed articles written by current and former prisoners. Professor Piché is also a founding member of the Criminalization and Punishment Education Project (CPEP), which operates the Jail Accountability & Information Line and the #NOPE / No Ottawa Prison Expansion campaign.

Kevin Walby (Editor)
Kevin Walby, PhD, is Full Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Winnipeg and Co-editor of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons.