A Critical Criminology Carol: Old Questions, Present Answers, and Future Directions

Session Submission Type: Roundtable

Abstract

Since its inception in the 1960s, critical criminology has questioned power, social structures and their relation with crime and policing in response to functionalist and positivist approaches. While the influence of critical criminology has fluctuated since then, current developments regarding populism, wars and technological developments, for example regarding surveillance and social media, point to a need for critical criminology. This roundtable offers room to discuss the current relevance of critical criminology by reflecting on lessons from the past and what this could or should mean for future directions to be taken.

Subtopic

• Topic 1: Perspectives on Crime and Criminal Behavior / Critical Criminology

Chair

• Olga Petintseva, National Institute for Criminalistics and Criminology - Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Discussants

• Amr Marzouk, Erasmus University Rotterdam

• Fiore Geelhoed, Erasmus University Rotterdam

• Kristof Verfaillie, Vrije Universiteit Brussel