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cjm 93: Insecure lives

Thursday, 22 August 2013

Insecure lives, the focus theme in this issue, includes articles (edited by Peter Squires) by John Lea, Matt Clement, and James Treadwell.

In the topical section Michael Lavalette and Gerry Mooney consider the criminalisation of football fans, Clare E Griffiths explores public attitudes to immigration and Lucy Welsh discusses the government’s proposals on legal aid. Harry Blagg offers his personal tribute to Geoff Pearson.

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In this edition

Insecure lives: questioning ‘The Precariat’

Peter Squires introduces this issue of cjm

By Peter Squires

From denizen to citizen and back: governing the Precariat through crime

John Lea explains the processes behind (re)creating precariousness and dispossession

By John Lea

Criminal justice, corporate government and popular opposition

Matt Clement considers social classes under strain at times of austerity

By Matt Clement

The English Defence League and the counter jihad

James Treadwell asks whether precariousness is a factor in extremist violence

By James Treadwell

Tales from ‘PrecarioCity’: the denizens of the Spanish postmodern cityscape

Daniel Briggs examines how Gitanos have been aggressively marginalised

By Daniel Briggs

Urban outcasts: favelas, violence and the ‘lost generation’

Fernando Lannes Fernandes outlines strategies of control in Rio de Janeiro

By Fernando Lannes Fernandes

Beyond ‘infernos’ or ‘paradises’: the politics of precariousness

Carlie Goldsmith and Roxana Pessoa Cavalcanti compare Brazil and Britain

By Carlie Goldsmith and Roxana Pessoa Cavalcanti

Sex work: the ultimate precarious labour?

Teela Sanders and Kate Hardy assess sex work within wider processes of ‘flexibilisation’

By Teela Sanders and Kate Hardy

Riots and probation: governing the precariat

Wendy Fitzgibbon suggests that probation officers share some of the characteristics of those they supervise

By Wendy Fitzgibbon

Education as surveillance and control

Denise Martin reviews the evidence for an emerging educational apartheid

By Denise Martin

The Scottish state and the criminalisation of football fans

Michael Lavalette and Gerry Mooney consider football fandom and the ‘ultras’ phenomenon

By Michael Lavalette and Gerry Mooney

Living with ‘aliens'

Clare E Griffiths explores public attitudes towards immigration

By Clare E Griffiths

Does tendering create travesties of justice?

Lucy Welsh discusses the government’s proposals on legal aid

By Lucy Welsh

Arts groups as community-based criminal justice interventions

Sarah Goodwin looks at the benefits for the people who attend and the organisations that run them

By Sarah Goodwin

Remembering Geoff Pearson

Harry Blagg offers a personal tribute

By Harry Blagg