CfP "The Future of Critical Criminology"
The Future of Critical Criminology: Where do we go from here?, 27th July 2016
Call for Papers and Posters
There will be a limited number of paper and poster presentation opportunities. All submitted conference papers and posters will be peer reviewed by the panel and we will contact you to let you know if your abstract has been accepted or not.
The deadline for submission is 10th July 2016.
To submit your paper, please complete this form in full
To submit your poster, please complete this form in full
Critical criminology has reached a crucial stage in its development. We occupy a post-crash epoch characterised by permanent crisis. We have seen the gap between rich and poor grow to historic levels, and the political realm appears to have abandoned seemingly out-of-date ideas about redistributing wealth, providing for the sick and needy and ensuring universal economic participation. We are already seeing resource wars and the socially disruptive signs of environmental harm. Environmental changes and geopolitical turmoil have prompted new migrant flows, and across much of Europe we have seen the rise of right-wing nationalism as a political response to perceived threats to traditional cultures. Our cultural life is increasingly commodified, and traditional aspects of sociality are being replaced by the possessive individualism of the consumer age. We live in a unique time with unique challenges. The decisions we make now will impact upon generations to come. Perhaps more than ever, we need to adopt a critical approach to social harm, social order and control, and the politics of law and order. We need the critical tradition to forge new paths and generate new ideas in-keeping with the times. We cannot look back to the radicalism of the sixties and assume that the ideas of earlier critical criminologists will be equally radical in our own times.
It is time for a new generation of critical criminologists to ask searching questions about the world we live in, and how it can be changed for the better.Therefore, this one day symposium seeks to begin the hunt for the new ideas that will sustain critical criminology during these times of crisis.