Howard Journal of Crime and Justice

The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice is an international peer-reviewed journal publishing theory, research, and debate on the range of institutions connected with harm, security, and justice. Submissions are welcome through the details below: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/2…

There is still time to register for the Explorations in Carceral Geography book launch of Carceral Worlds: Legacies, Textures, Futures on Friday 22 November 12.00-14.00 CET. Complete your registration for the event here, to receive the Zoom link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

In a new article, Elena Larrauri examines the right to make requests and complaints inside Spanish prisons, particularly focusing on how these prisons respond to European wide regulations against torture and degrading punishment. Check if out here: shorturl.at/gAP4s

In this introduction to our upcoming special issue, guest editor, Clare Anderson, highlights the findings from a collaborative project which researched prisons in Guyana and which frame this issue's unique contributions. Check it out here: shorturl.at/sXVex

Our @ESRC project @howard_journal special issue articles on prisons, drugs & mental health #Guyana are starting to appear - open access. @historyleic @CriminologyLeic @LeicesterCSSAH onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Next Charlotte Walker considers how defendants experience video hearings from prison(s) to court(s) through interviews with a range of court actors and observations at Magistrates Courts. Check it out here: tinyurl.com/2hu3zbce

@HannahLSmithson considers the impact of Covid-19 on children's mental health and well-being in the youth justice system based on an extensive series of interviews and survey . Give it a read here: tinyurl.com/2p9w9ek9

Saori Toda considers the way public concerns influence parole release in Japan using a legal-systematic analysis of the relationship between public concerns and Japanese parole decision making: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ho…

Chris Dyke, Carol Rivas, and Karen Schucan Bird examine parole decisions for perpetrators of domestic violence in England and Wales through a thematic analysis of interviews with 20 Parole Board members. Give it a read here: rb.gy/lxx746

Clare Anderson and Martin Halliwell consider the intersecting geographical, social, medical and political frameworks necessary to construct an understanding of mental health in Guyanese prisons, historically and in the present day. Check it out here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ho…

Mental health care in Guyana's jails, historically and now. Our @ESRC funded co-authored open access article is now out in @howard_journal. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ho… @manassas17 @historyleic @LeicesterCSSAH #Guyana

In a wonderful new article, @DrSWaite1 examines women's experiences of moving from a closed to an open prison in England using interview discussions and the concept of transcarceral habitus. Give it a read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ho…

I've recently taken on role of Book Reviews Editor @howard_journal @TheHowardLeague. If you would like your book reviewed or would like to write review, please drop me a line - email here profiles.cardiff.ac.uk/staff/fatemi-d…. Can be academics or non-academics & across career stages. Plz RT

Join us this week for 'Spotlights: Vincent Schiraldi on probation, parole and the rise of mass supervision in the US'. Our chair @fergus_mcneill will host this webinar, which will celebrate the UK launch of @VinSchiraldi's latest book. 🎟️ RSVP here: howardleague.org/events/spotlig…

In a new article @TripkovicMilena, @CaraConLeche and @fergus_mcneill examine criminal disenfranchisement through an extended analysis of developments in the Scottish Criminal Justice System. It's a fascinating article which you can read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ho… .

My new #OpenAccess article on criminal disenfranchisement co-authored with @CaraConLeche and @fergus_mcneill. In 2020, Scotland was the only part of the UK to introduce prisoner voting in response to the ECtHR Hirst decision. The article asks: was the change good enough?

In a new article Dorina Damsa investigates the experiences of Non-Citizen women in a Danish Prison, examining the ways in which Bordered Penalty is gendered: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ho…

Meanwhile in another excellent new piece, Aaron H. L. Wong investigates whether lowering the age of criminal responsibility can be justified? Examining the subject through the lens of a disccusion on China's recent ammendments to their own laws: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ho…

In a new article Lambert,  Solinas-Saunders, and Hogan investigate the influence of job demands and resources on organisational justice views in a sample of correctional staff at a high security prison. Give it a read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ho…

Thank you so much @LoaderIan & editors at @howard_journal! We are truly honoured (and surprised)! It was a wonderful publishing experience and the reviewers’ feedback was so helpful💚 @HRDCCarvalho @WarwickCJC @Warwick_Law @SocioWarwick