Sociology & Criminology for a Changing World
Robert Reiner is a British criminologist and one of the most influential scholars in the sociology of policing. As Professor Emeritus of Criminology at the London School of Economics, Reiner has spent decades analyzing the political, cultural, and social dynamics that shape modern police work. His research bridges empirical studies of police culture with theoretical
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,
Stuart Hall (1932–2014) was a Jamaican-born British cultural theorist and sociologist who played a key role in the development of cultural studies and critical criminology. As a founding member of the Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies (CCCS), Hall profoundly influenced the study of ideology, race, media, and power in modern societies. His work bridged
Ian Taylor was a British sociologist and criminologist known for his contributions to critical criminology and his role in co-authoring The New Criminology (1973). A committed Marxist thinker, Taylor sought to integrate political economy and social theory into criminological analysis. He later moved toward cultural criminology and urban sociology, with an interest in consumerism and