Luis A. Fernandez: Foreword – Acknowledgements – Anthony J. Nocella II/Mark Seis/Jeff Shantz: Introduction: The Rise of Anarchist Criminology – Jeff Ferrell: Against the Law: Anarchist Criminology – Harold E. Pepinsky: Communist Anarchism as an Alternative to the Rule of Criminal – Jeff Shantz: Lombroso and the Anarchists: Anarchism in the Formation of Criminology – Colleen Hackett/Ben Turk: "Freedom First": Pursuing Abolition Through Supporting Prisoner Resistance – Laura Magnani: From Prison Abolition to Transformative Justice – Mark Seis: An Anarchist Criminology for Understanding Environmental Degradation – Reverend David "Wolf Eyes" Rose, Sr.: The Staff of Chronos – Maurice L. Graham: Actual Connections to Slavery in the Prison System – Sean Swain: On Crime and Deviance – Contributors – Index.
Anthony J. Nocella II, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology in the Institute for Public Safety at Salt Lake Community College. He has published over fifty peer-reviewed book chapters or articles and over forty books.
Mark Seis, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Sociology at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. He has published on a variety of topics ranging from the juvenile death penalty to environmental policy.
Jeff Shantz, Ph.D., currently teaches critical theory, elite deviance, and community organizing in the Department of Criminology at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Metro Vancouver, Canada.
“This book is a much-needed defense of the work we do nationally in
ending the incarceration of all youth and promoting transformative
justice.”—Madelynne Kinoshita, Save the Kids
“The editors and authors in Contemporary Anarchist Criminology are
unwavering in their fearlessness to throw bold punches at authority
and convention. Where many may not understand, their approaches and
position deserve careful consideration in these most uncertain
times.”—David Stovall, Professor of African-American Studies and
Educational Policy Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago
“Contemporary Anarchist Criminology is a brilliant, insightful, and
uncompromising collection, which both empowers and inspires the
reader in equal measure. First, by provoking an urgently needed
critical reading of the deep and inherent failings of orthodox
judicial systems to come to the fore. Second, through advancing a
range of persuasive arguments for anarchist criminologies to
underpin new visions, and animate new ways-of-beings, in order to
usher in new forms of social justice into the world. Crucially,
these radical expressions of social justice, rooted as many are in
intersectional resistance movements, and steeped in a politics of
total liberation, are always in existence far removed from the twin
tyrannies of capital and state. In short, this book makes a
powerful and timely intervention into the existing literature, and
deserves to be read widely.”—Richard J. White, Reader in Human
Geography, Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom
“We live in increasingly illiberal times. According to the CIVICUS
‘State of Civil Society Report’ for 2017, only 3% of the world’s
people live in nation-states where civic space is fully open. There
is a need to look for alternative intellectual and institutional
models that will increase the space for broader public engagement,
allowing for the attainment of greater social justice. Contemporary
Anarchist Criminology contributes significantly to this search,
introducing readers to a range of voices, ideas, and arguments,
many of them with a long lineage, and yet seldom heard within the
mainstream of conventional wisdom regarding our criminal justice
system. The introductory chapter by the editors, plus the nine
chapters by various contributors, including present-day prisoners,
offer a compelling critique of current ideologies, policies, and
practices, while furnishing humane and doable paths for action.”—A.
Peter Castro, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Robert D.
McClure Professor of Teaching Excellence, Maxwell School for
Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University
“A must-read book for those who know the criminal justice system is
broken, and want a solution. The editors and contributors present
an anarchist theory of criminology, sure to challenge the failings
of the criminal justice system for decades to come.”—Amber E.
George, Editor, Journal for Critical Animal Studies
“Finally, the first book on anarchist criminology!! What took so
long. Now can we have prison abolition? A must read for anyone that
cares about people.”—Editorial Board, Poetry Behind the Walls
“A straightforward short important text to begin the movement for
anarchist criminology. This text does not strive to discuss every
issue that could be possibly discussed, but rather says here is the
first book on the topic; now everyone go out and write and
organize.”—Green Theory and Praxis Journal
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