Abolitionism (criminology)
Abolitionism is a theoretical approach in the criminal-sociological sense that calls for the abandonment of the total institution of the prison or, in an even broader sense, the abolition of criminal law .
The criminal sociological abolitionists are fundamentally of the opinion that the state cannot be the right body to determine the manner of punishment. In their opinion, the immediate environment of a perpetrator or a victim should have the opportunity to determine an appropriate response. Suitable models for this could be community accountability , restorative justice or transformative justice .
Classic representatives of criminological abolitionism are Fay Honey Knopp , Ruth Morris , Nils Christie , Thomas Mathiesen , Herman Bianchi and Louk Hulsman . The most famous newer abolitionists include u. a. Angela Davis , Ruth Wilson Gilmore (USA) and David Scott (England).
Abolitionist organizations include KROM (Norway), Inquest (England), Critical Resistance (USA), Justice Action (Australia) and the Anarchist Black Cross ,
literature
- Thomas Mathiesen : The Politics of Abolition, Oslo 1974.
- Fay Honey Knopp u. a .: Instead of Prisons: A Handbook for Abolitionists, Syracuse 1976. ( [1] )
- Thomas Mathiesen : Overcome the walls! The Scandinavian prisoner movement as a model of political fringe group work , Neuwied: Luchterhand, 1979, ISBN 3-472-58044-5
- Sebastian Scheerer : The abolitionist perspective , in: Kriminologisches Journal , No. 16, 1984, pp. 90–111.
- Karl F. Schumann (Ed.): From the end of the penal system. A guide for abolitionists , Bielefeld: AJZ, 1988, ISBN 3-921680-73-5 .
- Johannes Feest : Does the penal system still have a future? , Criminological Journal 2008.
- Nicolas Carrier / Justin Piché : The State of Abolitionism. In: Champ Pénal / Penal Field vol. XII, 2015.
- Thomas Mathiesen : The Politics of Abolitionism Revisited. London, New York: Routledge 2015
- Massimo Pavarini / Livio Ferrari (eds.): NO Prison. London: EGPress 2018.
- Michael Coyle / David Scott (Eds.): International Handbook on Penal Abolitionism. London, New York: Routledge 2020.