“Jock as supervisor, mentor and friend”

• In Event: Remembering Jock Young and the Praxis of a Radical Criminologist

Abstract

Jock Young was my graduate supervisor and has remained an important influence in my sociological and criminological career over several decades. HIs theoretical brilliance and comradeship combined to inspire me and so many other scholars to critically examine our domain assumptions and extend our range of criminological thought through a radical praxis of engaged pedagogy and inquiry. In this paper I highlight those personal and intellectual qualities that made Jock such a creative force and beacon of principled scholarship.

Author

• Nigel South, University of Essex