D. Scott, Emancipatory Politics and Praxis: An Anthology of Essays Written for the European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control, 2013-2016

Elizabeth Stanley

doi:10.13169/statecrime.6.1.0178

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The European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control (“the EG”) has long been a hub for critical criminologists and activists
The EG operates as a vital oppositional space of solidarity for those wishing to challenge rising inequalities, austerity measures, the state cosseting of predatory financial and corporate institutions, mainstream advances of far-right racist politics, refugee crises, institutionalized sexism, endemic violence against
The book provides a useful overview of critical criminology, especially in the UK, and it charts the ways that critical scholars have sought to conceptualize and deal with “crime”, in all its manifestations

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The European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control (“the EG”) has long been a hub for critical criminologists and activists. The EG operates as a vital oppositional space of solidarity for those wishing to challenge rising inequalities, austerity measures, the state cosseting of predatory financial and corporate institutions, mainstream advances of far-right racist politics, refugee crises, institutionalized sexism, endemic violence against First is the importance of critical work that challenges state repression and violence.

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