Jun
Past, present and future in crime and justice
- How do past decisions influence today’s criminal justice policy and practice?
- What decisions being made now will shape the choices of future generations?
- How does our anticipation of what the future may bring affect our decisions about crime and justice in the present?
Join three leading criminologists – Michael Fiddler, Travis Linnemann and Theo Kindynis – as they discuss these and related questions with our Director, Richard Garside.
Using the metaphor of ‘ghosts’ to capture the way that present-day policy-making is ‘haunted’ by past decisions and future expectations, Fiddler, Linnemann and Kindynis offer fresh ways of understanding current policy dilemmas, and why our current approaches to crime and punishment seem to rely so much on older, failed experiments.
In recognition of the originality of their work, their article – ‘Ghost Criminology’ – was awarded this year’s prestigious Radzinowicz Price for the best article in The British Journal of Criminology.
About the event
This event is being held both in-person and online. On registration you will be assigned an online place, and will receive instructions on how to request in-person attendance.
About the speakers
- Dr Michael Fiddler is Associate Professor of Criminology at the University of Greenwich
- Dr Travis Linnemann is Associate Professor at Kansas State University
- Dr Theo Kindynis is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at City St George’s, University of London
