Conclusion

Abstract

Abstract This final chapter assesses the achievements of decolonizing efforts dialoguing with the different chapters that make up the book and, more generally, with the recent literature on the subject. It also seeks to map an agenda for future work within the framework of this collaborative and collective project. In this sense, decolonization is understood as both a work of tearing apart (or teasing out), and building up, which involves intellectual, political, and ethical dimensions. The structure of this chapter follows three axes. First, it addresses the relationship of colonialism with the production and circulation of knowledge regarding the criminal question. Then, the chapter discusses how to approach the issue of the influence and embedment of coloniality on institutions and practices of criminal justice and social control. Third, through a reflection on methodology, the possibility and manifestations of struggle and resistance against colonial legacies, matrices, and logics are scrutinized. The chapter ends with an analysis of the political and ethical dimensions involved in the effort of decolonizing the criminal question.