Insider Prison Perspectives in Europe and the Americas Convict Criminology at Westminster

1. Introducing Convict Criminology at Westminster
Andreas Aresti, Sacha Darke and Ranjit Nankani

2. The Early Origins of Convict Criminology in the United States (and Canada)
Jeffrey Ian Ross

Part I – Prisoner-University Partnerships in Western Europe and South America

3. Doing Time, Doing Research: Notes from a CC experiment
Elton Kalica, Alessandro Maculan and Francesca Vianello

4. Prisoner to University Pipeline Projects across Italy and the United Kingdom
Andreas Aresti and Lucrezia Sperolini

5. Another Vision: Promoting Prisoner Perspectives in Public and Scientific Debates
Karina Biondi and Francisco Lopes de Magalhães Filho

6. Rethinking Incarceration: GDUCC, New Route and Convict Criminology
Andreas Aresti, Sérgio Salomão Shecaira, Izabella Araujo Bezerra da Silva, and Laleska Walder

7. Navigating Academic co-production between Inside and Outside Learners
Sedick Abdul-Rahman, Ranjit Nankani and Ella Walsh

8. Silent Censorship and the Challenges of the Prison Academy
Sacha Darke, David Hinde and Petra Jovanovic

Part II – Hope and Survival

9. Maintaining Hope During Life-Sentence Imprisonment
Aisha Bint Faisal, Sacha Darke, Carl Gordon, Ranjit Nankani and Rachel O’Connor

10. If This Isn’t Crime, I Don’t Know What is: Health and Solidarity in São Paulo Prisons
Karina Biondi, Francisco Lopes de Magalhães Filho and Walkyria Biondi Lopes de Magalhães Filho

11. The Struggle for Survival in Brazilian prisons
Renata Souza Almeida, Sacha Darke, Jairton Ferraz Junior, and Tobias Martins da Silva

Part III – Autonomy and Responsibility

12. Breaking the Glass: Higher Education, Research and Writing in Argentine Prisons
Gastón Brossio and Juan Pablo Parchuc

13. Nurturing Autonomy: Reconceptualising systems of security categorization for long-term prisoners
Mark Alexander and Beatrice Auty

14. The Purpose of Open Prisons: A Collaborative Policy Evaluation
Mark Alexander, Katharina Ammerer and Stuart Andrews

Part IV – Reforming prison

15. How HMP Sentence Reviews Can Improve the Rehabilitation of Those Who Offended as Young Adults
Andreas Aresti, Junior Glasgow, Moses Mathias, Muzzaker Shah and Ella Walsh

16. Convict Criminology Policy Report:A critical analysis of the ‘mixed regime’ at HMP Five Wells
Lachlan Dorey, Victoria Lebrec, Jamil Sekyanzi and Louis Vickers

17. Addressing the Discrepancies of the Rehabilitative Ideal
Geraldine Akerman, and Omar Lobban

18. Responding to Epistemic Injustice: Building Collective Representation from Prisoner Groups to Lead Liberation Work
Paula Harriott

Part V – Inside-Out Student Reflections

19. Studying Convict Criminology with University of Westminster
José Aguiar, Femi Laryea-Adekimi and Brendon McMullan

20. Peer-to-Peer Academic Mentoring
Petra Jovanovic, Rachel O’Connor and Ella Walsh

21. Transformative Tales: Working as Teaching Assistants
Jairton Ferraz Junior and Lucrezia Sperolini

Biography

Andreas (Andy) Aresti is a Reader in criminology at the University of Westminster, and an Honorary Professor at the University of Applied Sciences, Potsdam.

Sacha Darke is Reader in Criminology at University of Westminster, where he is course leader for MA Global Criminology, Affiliated Professor, Postgraduate Programme in Criminological Studies, State University of Maranhão, and Visiting Lecturer in Law, University of São Paulo.

"Convict criminology is the OG of the lived experience movement that is reshaping criminal legal systems internationally. Without the contributions of the convict criminologists, there would be no movement. Drawing on vivid case studies from the United Kingdom, Italy, the United States, Argentina and Brazil, this exciting collection tells the improbable story of convict criminology’s ascendancy against the run of play, in a time of perpetual crisis across penal systems globally. Achievements like these give credence to Margaret Mead’s cliché about never doubting the ability of 'small groups of thoughtful, committed citizens' to change the world. One small amendment though: this inspirational book shows that social movements of the civically disenfranchised can change the way societies do justice even after the civil death of incarceration. Indeed, they may be the only thing that ever has."
Shadd Maruna, Head of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology, University of Liverpool, UK

"Convict Criminology was founded by a small group of scholars with a shared vision of infusing lived experience into a field that often spoke about them but never with them. Insider Prison Perspectives in Europe and the Americas demonstrates how that vision has transformed beyond our wildest imaginations. This edited volume offers an insider view of a growing global collective of criminalized scholars and their allies on a mission to educate and empower incarcerated people. A must read for anyone interested in returning humanity to criminology."
Jennifer Ortiz, Associate Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, The College of New Jersey, USA