The Literary North

Crime, Justice and Social Democracy is a provocative and thoughtful collection of timely reflections on the state of social democracy and its inextricable links to crime and justice. Authored by some of the world’s leading thinkers from the UK, US, Canada and Australia, this volume provides a powerful social democratic critique of neoliberal regimes of governance and crime control. Social democratic values raise broad questions about government, ethics, and the exercise of power in criminal justice institutions; each chapter here engages with how this might occur and with what consequences. The contributions to this volume, while critical and hard hitting, also boldly envision a more socially just criminal justice politic. This collection is essential reading for activists, scholars, legislators, politicians and policy makers concerned with promoting, imagining and understanding socially sustaining societies.

NICK BENTLEY Senior Lecturer in English Literature, Keele University, UK TESS COLLETT Independent scholar, UK JO GILL Senior Lecturer in English, University of Exeter, UK ANN HEILMANN Professor of English, University of Hull, UK ROBERT LEE (1959-2010) Lecturer at the University of Teeside, UK SEAN O’BRIEN Professor of Creative Writing, Newcastle University, UK LYNNE PEARCE Chair of Literary Theory and Women’s Writing, Lancaster University, UK RUTH ROBBINS Professor of English and Head of the School of Cultural Studies and Humanities, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK TONY SHARPE Lecturer, Lancaster University, UK CLAIRE WARDEN Lecturer in Drama, University of Lincoln, UK