A personal introduction
A personal introduction
This chapter opens with a short reflective memory from the author’s period of imprisonment. This vignette is then linked to the author’s subsequent experience as a prison researcher, and the necessity of connecting the two. The relationship between committing crimes, criminal justice procedure, imprisonment and the epistemological project of criminology are all discussed through an account inflected with personal experience of each. The book’s structure and narrative style are also introduced and briefly discussed. Each chapter begins with a short autobiographical reflection connected to the author’s experience of imprisonment.
Keywords: imprisonment, crime, criminology, prison, criminal justice
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