Criminalization

Review - Paul Brass, An Indian Political Life: Charan Singh and Congress Politics, 1937 to 1961 (New Delhi, 2011)

by Uday Chandra

Forthcoming in Contemporary South Asia 22 (3), 2012

RESSENYA A Criminalización racista de los migrantes en Europa.(2010) Palidda, S. i JA Brandariz

by Cristina Fernández-Bessa

Il controllo delle nuove classi pericolose. Sotto-sistema penale di polizia ed immigrati

by Giuseppe Campesi

Published in: “Dei Delitti e delle Pene”, 1-3, 2003, pp. 146-243. (the Journal was published with some delay in 2006)

L’articolo illustra i risultati di una delle poche ricerche etnografiche condotte sul processo penale in Italia.... more L’articolo illustra i risultati di una delle poche ricerche etnografiche condotte sul processo penale in Italia. Attraverso osservazione sul campo, analisi dei fascicoli processuali ed interviste ai principali attori del processo penale (giudici; pubblici ministeri; avvocati), il lavoro illustra i meccanismi di criminalizzazione dei migranti. Un segmento particolare del sistema penale è, nello specifico, preso in esame dalla ricerca: il procedimento per direttissima che si svolge all’esito di un arresto in flagranza di reato. La ricerca illustra come tale segmento del processo penale italiano si sia nel corso del tempo configurato quale dispositivo penal-poliziesco di governo della “pericolosità sociale” associata ad alcune categorie di persone che popolano il nostro scenario urbano: gli immigrati, i tossicodipendenti, i marginali in genere.

The control of "new dangerous classes"

by Giuseppe Campesi

Published in: “Oñati Journal of Emergent Socio-Legal Studies”, I, 2, 2007, pp. 105-120.

The paper discusses the process of migrant criminalizzation in Italy by illustrating the results of an etnographic... more The paper discusses the process of migrant criminalizzation in Italy by illustrating the results of an etnographic survey on the functioning of Italian criminal justice.

Value Judgments and Criminalization

by Andrew Millie

Published in the British Journal of Criminology, 2011, 51 (2) 278-295.

Fuelled by contemporary concerns of risk and majoritarian calls to adhere to ‘the values the majority hold dear’ there... more Fuelled by contemporary concerns of risk and majoritarian calls to adhere to ‘the values the majority hold dear’ there can be said to be a ‘crisis of criminalization’ in liberal democracies. Whilst criminalization is clearly an important theme in criminology there has been little attention on the value judgments behind processes of criminalization. By drawing on elements of moral philosophy and by applying these ideas to everyday criminalization in Toronto, this article takes a first step towards addressing this omission. The article adopts a pluralist and social constructivist perspective where differential interpretations lead to the same behaviour being celebrated, tolerated or censured, depending on context and power. A model of value judgment and criminalization is offered that includes consideration of moral, prudential, economic and aesthetic judgments. Value consensus is questioned and the political capital required to dictate values is considered.

Know Your Rights: Youth, Queer/Transgender and Women Centered Outreach Against Police and ICE Repression and Abuse in detention

by Tomás Madrigal

An organizing guide prepared for a Research Seminar with Grace Chang, Ph.D. on the unique needs of Youth, Queer, Transgender and Women if they are detained by the police and/or Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.

After the passage of the Patriot Act in the United States, a new type of police state emerged where once independent... more After the passage of the Patriot Act in the United States, a new type of police state emerged where once independent departments were consolidated in the name of homeland security. One result has been the increased vulnerability and targeting of youth of color, Queer and Transgender populations and Women. This organizing guide offers an analysis of the situation in General and introduces a pamphlet targeted to youth of color which was later distributed in the cities of Goleta and Santa Barbara, California.

Responsibilities, Significant Risks and Legal Repercussions: Interviews with gay men as complex knowledge-exchange sites for scientific and legal information about HIV (THPE1015)

by Daniel Grace