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UK Based Convict Criminology Articles
Read about a research project conducted about CC, Positive Convictions by Rod Earle.
Positive-Convictions pdf / Positive-Convictions Final pdf
Positive-Convictions pdf / Positive-Convictions Final pdf
In the U.K. the first academic papers on convict criminology were presented at the annual conference of the British Society of Criminology in 2011. “Putting Prison in Its Place” was a panel that included the founding members of British Convict Criminology, Andreas Aresti and Sacha Darke from Westminster University and Rod Earle from The Open University. Here we highlight the growing academic literature associated with British convict criminology. Some article are open-access, some are subscription only. If you have difficulty getting a copy contact the author directly.
2021Doing Time for Convict Criminology
Earle, Rod (2021). Doing Time for Convict Criminology. In: Ross, Jeffrey Ian and Vianello, Francesca eds. Convict Criminology for the Future. UK: Routledge. Click Here2021 Exploring narrative, convictions and autoethnography as a convict criminologist
Earle, Rod (2021). Exploring narrative, convictions and autoethnography as a convict criminologist. Tijdschrift over Cultuur & Criminaliteit [Journal of Culture and Crime], 2020(3) pp. 80–96. Click Here2020 Glimpses across 50 years of prison life from members of British Convict Criminology
Earle, Rod and Davies, Bill (2020). Glimpses across 50 years of prison life from members of British Convict Criminology. Prison Service Journal(250) pp. 13–19 Cick Here2020Labelled a Black Villain: and Understanding the Social Deprivation Mindset.
Earle, Rod (2020). Book Review: Labelled a Black Villain: and Understanding the Social Deprivation Mindset. By Trevor Hercules. Reviewer: Rod Earle. CrimeTalk, CrimeTalk. Click Here2019Degrees of Freedom: Prison Education at The Open University
Earle, Rod and Mehigan, James eds. (2019). Degrees of Freedom: Prison Education at The Open University. UK: Policy Press. Click Here2019Close prisons: critical arguments for the future
Earle, Rod and Mehigan, James (2019). Open universities, close prisons: critical arguments for the future. In: Earle, Rod and Mehigan, James eds. Degrees of Freedom: The Open University in Prison. UK: Policy Press. Click Here2018Convict Criminology in England: Developments and Dilemmas
Earle, Rod (2018). Convict Criminology in England: Developments and Dilemmas. British Journal of Criminology, 58(6) pp. 1499–1516. Click Here2017Being inside: Masculine imaginaries, prison interiors
Earle, Rod. 2017. Being Inside – penal interiors and masculine imaginaries’ in Maycock, M. and Hunt, K (Eds.) New perspectives on prison masculinities, Basingstoke UK: Palgrave.2016Convict Criminology - Inside and Out. New Horizons in Criminology
Earle, Rod (2016). Convict Criminology - Inside and Out. New Horizons in Criminology. UK: Policy Press. Click Here2016Connecting Prisons and Universities through Higher Education
Aresti, A. and Darke, S. Connecting Prisons and Universities through Higher Education, Prison Service Journal, May 2016 no.225 Click Here2016Practicing Convict Criminology: Lessons Learned from British Academic Activism
Aresti, A. and Darke, S. ; Practicing Convict Criminology: Lessons Learned from British Academic Activism, Critical Criminology – an International Journal, 24(4) pp533-547 Click Here2016Bridging the gap: giving public voice to prisoners and former prisoners through research activism
Aresti, A. and Darke, S. Bridging the gap: giving public voice to prisoners and former prisoners through research activism, Prison Service Journal, March 2016 no.224. Click Here2015An ex-prisoner perspective, Prison Service Journal,
Aresti, A. Open prisons: An ex-prisoner perspective, Prison Service Journal, 217. pp. 14-16 Click Here2015Unique position: Dual identities as prison researcher and ex-prisoner in D
Davies, Bill. Unique position: Dual identities as prison researcher and ex-prisoner in D. Drake, R. Earle and J. Sloan (Eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Prison Ethnography, Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave. Click Here2014Contraction in an age of expansion: A convict perspective. The Prison Service Journal
Aresti, Andreas. Contraction in an age of expansion: A convict perspective. The Prison Service Journal, 211, 19 – 25. Click Here2014Insider and Out: Making Sense of a Prison Experience and a Research Experience. Qualitative Inquiry
Earle, Rod (2014). Insider and Out: Making Sense of a Prison Experience and a Research Experience. Qualitative Inquiry, 20(4) pp. 429–438 Click Here2014Developing convict criminology beyond North America, International Criminal Justice Review
Aresti, Andreas Developing convict criminology beyond North America, International Criminal Justice Review, 24 (2). pp. 121-133. Click Here2012British convict criminology: developing critical insider perspectives on prison
British convict criminology: developing critical insider perspectives on prison Inside Time, August 2012 Click Here2011A Tale of Two Institutions
Earle, Rod ‘Prison and University: A Tale of Two Institutions?’ Papers from the British Criminology Conference 2011 Click Here2011A Tale of Two Institutions
Earle, Rod ‘Prison and University: A Tale of Two Institutions?’ Papers from the British Criminology Conference 2011 Click Here2018Supporting prisoners into academia
Darke, S., Aresti, A. and Ellis-Rexhi, N. 2018. Supporting prisoners into academia. in: Friso, V. and Ducembrotto, L. (ed.) Università e Carcere: Il Diritto allo Studio tra Vincoli e Progettualità Guerini e Associati. pp. 217-237 Click Here2019Voicelessness: A Call to Action
Aresti, A. and Harriott, P. 2019. Voicelessness: A Call to Action. Journal of Prisoners on Prisons. 27 (2), pp. 37 - 53. Click Here