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Published in 1974, this book is a landmark text in critical criminology. The new edition includes a new introduction from the author and contributions from leading international criminologists looking at the current state of penal abolitionism.
List of contents
Prefaces from 1974 and 2014
Book I. New introduction Book II. The Politics of Abolition Part I. The Unfinished Part II. Pressure Group and Social Structure Part III. Organization Among the Expelled Postscript: On an Attempt at Breaking Out
Book III. Scholars and Prisoners on Prisons 1. Thomas Mathiesen: Activism As An Exercise of Public Intellect,
Vincenzo Ruggiero 2. The Politics of Abolition: effects on the criminal sociology and criminal policy debate in West Germany,
Knut Papendorf 3. Abolition in the times of pre-crime: A view from Germany,
Johannes Feest 4. Prisoners Speak out 5. Abolitionism and Reform: A Possible Combination? Notes on a Norwegian Experiment,
Hedda Giertsen 6. The Fall and Rise of Preventive Detention in Norway,
Jane Dullum 7. Are We Really Witnessing the End of Mass Incarceration? The Strange Politics of Prisons in America,
James Kilgore 8. No Data, No Change: Bringing Prisons out of Hiding,
Keramet Reiter 9. Afterword: Abolishing the Architecture and Alphabet of Fear,
Yvonne Jewkes.
About the author
Thomas Mathiesen earned his Ph.D. in Oslo in 1965 and was a full professor at the University of Oslo from 1972 until 2003. Thomas has been Professor Emeritus since 2003 and has given numerous guest lectures at universities and colleges in Europe, the US and Latin America. Professor Mathiesen was awarded the Denis Carroll Prize in 1978, was given an honorary doctors degree at Lund University in 2003 and was Co-founder of the Norwegian Association of Penal Reform (KROM) in 1968. Thomas is still active in the organization today. Professor Mathiesen has also published a number of books in various languages, including seven books in English, among which are
Silently Silenced (2004),
Prison on Trial (3rd ed. 2006) and
Towards a Surveillant Society (2013).
Summary
Published in 1974, this book is a landmark text in critical criminology. The new edition includes a new introduction from the author and contributions from leading international criminologists looking at the current state of penal abolitionism.
