Area III. Theoretical Explanations of Crime and Criminal Behavior / 2. Critical, Conflict and Feminist Perspectives

Divisions of Special Interest / Division on Corrections & Sentencing

An Abolitionist Theory on Crime: Ending the Abusive Relationships with Racist-Imperialist-Patriarchal [R.I.P.] Systems of Punishment - Viviane Saleh-Hanna, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

'Disband, Disempower, and Disarm': Amplifying the Theory and Practice of Police Abolition - Meghan G. McDowell, Winston-Salem State University; Luis A. Fernandez, Northern Arizona University

An Examination of Penal Abolition in the Context of Elite Deviance - William Calathes, New Jersey City University; David Chiabi, New Jersey City University

Economics of Incarceration: Looking Beyond Market Costs - Madhavi Venkatesan, Bridgewater State University

Jeffrey M. London, Metropolitan State University of Denver

Michael J. Coyle, California State University, Chico