Contemporary Criminological Issues

Contemporary Criminological Issues: Moving Beyond Insecurity and Exclusion tackles some of today’s most pressing social issues—from the criminalization of Indigenous peoples to interpersonal violence, border control, and armed conflicts—,advances cutting-edge theories and methods to make sense of these issues, and proposes policy responses that promote social inclusion and security. This book advances cutting-edge theories and methods, with the aim of moving beyond the scholarship that reproduces insecurity and exclusion. The breadth of approaches encompasses much of the current critical criminological scholarship, serving as a counterpoint to the growth of managerial and administrative criminologist and the rise of explicitly exclusionary and punitive state policies and practices with respect to ‘crime’ and ‘security.’ This edited collection featuring two books, one in English and one in French, includes important contributions to knowledge and public policy by eminent experts and emerging scholars. Published in English. Also available in French: Enjeux criminologiques contemporains : Au-delà de l’insécurité et de l’exclusion.

(Reviewing David Mofette & Anna Pratt, Beyond Criminal Law and Methodological Nationalism: Borderlands, Jurisdictional Games and Legal Intersections, in Contemporary Criminological Issues: Moving Beyond Insecurity and Exclusion) “a chapter in a book that is, in its entirety, a great and important read for those interested in the field of (critical) criminology and criminal justice. The 2020 edited collection “Contemporary Criminological Issues” provides its readers with an interesting set of chapters that challenge current critical criminological theoretical perspectives, themes and methods.” (…) “The lens provided by Pratt and Mofette offers an alternative and more dynamic way to look at the intersection of criminal justice and immigration.”

Carolyn Côté-­Lussier is Adjunct Professor in the Department of Criminology, University of Ottawa, and Assistant Professor at the Centre Urbanisation Culture Société of the Institut national de la recherche scientifique. Her research intersects criminology, social psychology, and public health. David Moffette is Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminology, University of Ottawa. He studies various questions related to the intersections between criminal law and immigration law, the securitization of immigration, borders and bordering practices, and race and racism. Justin Piché is Associate Professor in the Department of Criminology, University of Ottawa. He conducts studies in three substantive areas: the normalization and proliferation of imprisonment inside and outside the penal system; alternatives to incarceration, punishment and carceral controls; and cultural representations of confinement and penality.