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The Routledge Handbook on Africana Criminologies plugs a gaping
hole in criminological literature, which remains dominated by work
on Europe and settler-colonial locations at the expense of
neocolonial locations and at a huge cost to the discipline that
remains relatively underdeveloped. It is well known that
criminology is thriving in Europe and settler-colonial locations
while people of African descent remain marginalized in the
discipline. This handbook therefore defines and explores this field
within criminology, moving away from the colonialist approach of
offering administrative criminology about policing, courts, and
prisons and making a case for decolonizing the wider discipline.
Arranged in five parts, it outlines Africana criminologies, maps
its emergence, and addresses key themes such as slavery,
colonialism, and apartheid as crimes against humanity; critiques of
imperialist reason; Africana cultural criminology; and theories of
law enforcement and Africana people. Coalescing a diverse range of
voices from Africa and the diaspora, the handbook explores outside
Eurocentric canons in order to learn from the experiences,
struggles, and contributions of people of African descent. Offering
innovative ways of theorizing and explaining the criminological
crises that face Africa and the entire world with the view of
contributing to a more humane world, this groundbreaking handbook
is essential reading for criminologists and sociologists worldwide,
as well as scholars of Africana studies and African studies.
The Routledge Handbook on Africana Criminologies plugs a gaping
hole in criminological literature, which remains dominated by work
on Europe and settler-colonial locations at the expense of
neocolonial locations and at a huge cost to the discipline that
remains relatively underdeveloped. It is well known that
criminology is thriving in Europe and settler-colonial locations
while people of African descent remain marginalized in the
discipline. This handbook therefore defines and explores this field
within criminology, moving away from the colonialist approach of
offering administrative criminology about policing, courts, and
prisons and making a case for decolonizing the wider discipline.
Arranged in five parts, it outlines Africana criminologies, maps
its emergence, and addresses key themes such as slavery,
colonialism, and apartheid as crimes against humanity; critiques of
imperialist reason; Africana cultural criminology; and theories of
law enforcement and Africana people. Coalescing a diverse range of
voices from Africa and the diaspora, the handbook explores outside
Eurocentric canons in order to learn from the experiences,
struggles, and contributions of people of African descent. Offering
innovative ways of theorizing and explaining the criminological
crises that face Africa and the entire world with the view of
contributing to a more humane world, this groundbreaking handbook
is essential reading for criminologists and sociologists worldwide,
as well as scholars of Africana studies and African studies.
Looking at how the history of colonialism has shaped the definition
of crime and justice systems not only in former colonies but also
in colonialist countries, this book argues that criminology in the
West was originally tested in the colonies and then brought back to
mother countries. In this way, the colonial experience has been
instrumental in shaping modern criminology in colonial powers.The
book also looks at how radical critiques of mainstream criminology
by critical feminist and postmodernist thinkers contribute to an
understanding of the relationship between colonial experience and
criminology. But it also shows that even these critiques do not go
far enough as they remain virtually silent on colonial issues. The
author, Biko Agozino, considers African and other postcolonial
literature and contributions to counter-colonial criminology, their
originality, relevance and limitations. Finally he advocates a
"committed objectivity" approach to race-class-gender criminology
investigations in order to come to terms with imperialistic and
neo-colonialist criminology.
First published in 1997, this book identifies the problems that
face black women in the criminal justice system as the result of
the articulation of unequal and oppressive class, race and gender
relations; the research aims to be aware of all three rather than
prioritising, isolating or reducing one or two of these relations.
The focus of this research primarily on black women is based on the
belief that they are marginalised in both society and
criminological research. Black women are poorly represented in
education, employment, the professions, commerce, industry and
politics while in prison their presence is highly disproportionate
to their wider numbers in society. The author examines the problems
facing black women and compares these with those facing black men
and white women to demonstrate the articulation of social
relations. He addresses the structural positions of black women in
society, their social relations and the nature of the institutional
practices of the criminal justice system.
First published in 1997, this book identifies the problems that
face black women in the criminal justice system as the result of
the articulation of unequal and oppressive class, race and gender
relations; the research aims to be aware of all three rather than
prioritising, isolating or reducing one or two of these relations.
The focus of this research primarily on black women is based on the
belief that they are marginalised in both society and
criminological research. Black women are poorly represented in
education, employment, the professions, commerce, industry and
politics while in prison their presence is highly disproportionate
to their wider numbers in society. The author examines the problems
facing black women and compares these with those facing black men
and white women to demonstrate the articulation of social
relations. He addresses the structural positions of black women in
society, their social relations and the nature of the institutional
practices of the criminal justice system.
Criminology assumes the position of an established discipline, yet
its influence is limited by its primary focus on the West for both
theoretical and empirical substance. But the growing interest in
comparative criminology now means that countries compare notes,
thereby broadening the parameters of criminology. Still relatively
ignored in the literature, however, are issues of crime and justice
as they affect people of African descent around the globe. Drawing
upon materials from countries in Africa, the Caribbean, North and
South America, and Europe, this stimulating book reflects on the
experiences of people of African descent to offer a convergence of
criminologies in and outside the West. Simultaneously, it
acknowledges Western criminology as a significant angle from which
to comprehend crime and justice as they are conceptualized outside
the West. The volume also investigates whether Western
criminological accounts are relevant to the comprehension of crime,
criminality and systems of justice in Africa, the Caribbean and
South America.
I was inducted into the ancient African healing arts as a child by
my parents who were priests and healers. My subsequent training in
scientific research methodology enabled me to observe bio-feedbacks
and discover effective drug-free methods for preventing many
ailments. This book introduces my discoveries to the world beyond
my immeediate family, acquaintances and friends who have already
benefited from the effective systematic results.
A pioneering book on prisons in West Africa, Colonial Systems of
Control: Criminal Justice in Nigeria is the first comprehensive
presentation of life inside a West African prison. Chapters by
prisoners inside Kirikiri maximum security prison in Lagos, Nigeria
are published alongside chapters by scholars and activists. While
prisoners document the daily realities and struggles of life inside
a Nigerian prison, scholar and human rights activist Viviane
Saleh-Hanna provides historical, political, and academic contexts
and analyses of the penal system in Nigeria. The European penal
models and institutions imported to Nigeria during colonialism are
exposed as intrinsically incoherent with the community-based
conflict-resolution principles of most African social structures
and justice models. This book presents the realities of
imprisonment in Nigeria while contextualizing the colonial legacies
that have resulted in the inhumane brutalities that are endured on
a daily basis. Keywords: Nigeria, West Africa, penal system,
maximum-security prison.
Criminology assumes the position of an established discipline, yet
its influence is limited by its primary focus on the West for both
theoretical and empirical substance. But the growing interest in
comparative criminology now means that countries compare notes,
thereby broadening the parameters of criminology. Still relatively
ignored in the literature, however, are issues of crime and justice
as they affect people of African descent around the globe. Drawing
upon materials from countries in Africa, the Caribbean, North and
South America, and Europe, this stimulating book reflects on the
experiences of people of African descent to offer a convergence of
criminologies in and outside the West. Simultaneously, it
acknowledges Western criminology as a significant angle from which
to comprehend crime and justice as they are conceptualized outside
the West. The volume also investigates whether Western
criminological accounts are relevant to the comprehension of crime,
criminality and systems of justice in Africa, the Caribbean and
South America.
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