Roundtable: Criminology in Global Perspective: Critical Insights from a Forthcoming Anthology

Session Submission Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract/Description

This roundtable draws from contributions to an anthology on rural criminology on a global scale. The forthcoming book, Rural Criminology in Global Perspective: State of the Art on the World’s Continents set out to document and chart the issues, challenges and directions of rural criminology on each of the seven continents. The book highlights some of the impacts, contributions and potential areas for growth in the sub-discipline and highlighting the general lessons for criminology arising from the societal and / or geo-historical and geo-political contexts. Key issues identified by the anthology include the centrality of perspectives on the Global South, the impact of colonialism on shaping formal justice systems, the emergence of informal systems of justice in the context of distance from formalist institutions, and issues to do with poverty and gender. The roundtable will serve as a forum to disseminate key ideas form the book and to identify key challenges for international research and scholarship in rural criminology.

Sub Unit

• Area XIV. Roundtables

Chair

• Jessica Rene Peterson, Southern Oregon University

Discussants

• Joseph Donnermeyer, The Ohio State University

• Gorazd Meško, University of Maribor

• Matt Bowden, Technological University Dublin

• Vania Ceccato, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

• Qingli Meng, Niagara University

Organized by a Division or external group?

Division of Rural Criminology