Sociology & Criminology for a Changing World
Lucia Zedner is a British criminologist and legal scholar, Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Corpus Christi College. Her work spans criminology, criminal law, and socio-legal studies, with a particular focus on security, punishment, policing, and the preventive turn in criminal justice. Zedner is known for her interdisciplinary
Markus Dirk Dubber is a German-born legal scholar and criminologist whose work critically examines the historical and conceptual foundations of criminal law, policing, and governance. Currently a professor of law at the University of Toronto and former Director of the Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies, Dubber has made influential contributions to the study of
Jonathan Simon is an American criminologist and legal scholar known for his influential analyses of mass incarceration, governance through crime, and the transformation of penal policy in the United States. A professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, Simon has critically examined how fear of crime and security discourses have shaped political decision-making,
David Garland is a Scottish-American criminologist and sociologist renowned for his work on the sociology of punishment, crime control, and the modern state. He is Professor of Law and Professor of Sociology at New York University. Garland’s research has explored the historical and cultural contexts of penal systems, the rise of the culture of control
Bernard E. Harcourt is an American legal scholar, criminologist, and critical theorist, known for his influential work on punishment, surveillance, and the politics of security. He serves as the Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science at Columbia University and has written extensively on the interplay between neoliberalism, mass incarceration,
Alessandro De Giorgi is an Italian-born criminologist and critical social theorist whose work focuses on the intersections of punishment, migration, and neoliberal governance. Currently based in the United States, De Giorgi’s research examines how economic restructuring, global inequality, and intensified border regimes shape the contemporary penal landscape. He is known for combining empirical research with