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Critical, feminist, abolitionist thinking and practice hang together, and struggles againstoppression are always situated in specific contexts and informed by particular histories andlocalized dynamics – even when oppression is powered by hegemonic drivers such aspatriarchy, colonialism, and heteronormativity.The 2025 European Group Conference in Malmö, Sweden aims to amplify abolitionist practices–…
Our newest newsletter has arrived, filled with fascinating material and contributions! Here’s a sneak peek of what you’ll find inside: a thought-provoking post on the Grenfell Tower victims’ struggle for justice: an in depth exploration of the ongoing fight for justice; a deep dive into Julian Assange case: a reflection…
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Our monthly newsletter is out, and it’s packed with interesting content thanks to the Fear and Looting working group. Inside, you’ll find exciting calls for papers, an insightful article on the harms of hormone pregnancy tests, a fun ‘news from around the world’ section, and much more. There are also…
Continue readingThe newsletter is out this month: in addition to the core EG newsletter with tributes to recently passed members, as well as calls for papers and other event information, there is also a fresh section by the Working Group on Prison, Punishment and Detention.
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THE VIOLENCE OF LAW In most legal and political discourses, law is usually associated with peace and the search for peaceful solutions to social conflicts. Nevertheless, while law and the rule of law are touted as the antonym of violence, law itself is a key source of violence. In many…
Continue readingDear EG comrades, Attached is the ‘definitive’ program. Best wishes and see you all in Turin! Book of abstracts:
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Following the publication of the First Do No Harm report (also known as the Cumberlege Review), Baroness Julia Cumberlege CBE, a life peer who chaired the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review, stated “The first duty of any health system is to do no harm to those in its care; but I…
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by Remember Oluwale in Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom: We are raising money to fund a blue plaque on Leeds Bridge to commemorate the life and death of David Oluwale. David Oluwale was a British-Nigerian citizen who arrived in Hull in East Yorkshire as a stowaway in a cargo ship from Lagos….
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Conference report by Andrea Beckmann Date: 22.-23.10.202 Venue: Albert Hall, Nottingham A conference of the British/Irish section of the European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control This conference has been a long time coming and was challenging to organise as COVID put the brakes on this event…
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We are very pleased to announce that EG member Professor Valeria Vegh Weis has been awarded with the Critical Criminology of the Year Award by the American Society of Criminology Division of Critical Criminology. The awarding committee were greatly impressed with scope, scale and impact of Dr Weis’s work. Further,…
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This is and urgent message to inform that tomorrow’s EG meeting (Wed-8) has to be postponed since we couldn’t send the call to all of our email lists due to a wonderful blocking of our email account provided by Gmail for alleged “security” reasons. We are trying to fix it…
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Following patient-led campaigns, on the 22nd February 2018, Jeremy Hunt, the then, Secretary of State for Health, commissioned a review into the potentially harmful side effects of three NHS treatments: Primodos; Mesh and Sodium Valproate. As a result, on the 8th July 2020, the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review published the First Do No Harm report. According to Baroness Cumberlege, a life…
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