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Carceral Spatiality

Dialogues between Geography and Criminology

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Spans the disciplinary divide between criminology and geography, with particular attention to the maturing sub-field of carceral geography
  • Includes cutting-edge contributions from a wide range of both scholars and practitioners
  • Offers a truly international perspective, with a strong focus on Europe and the Global South

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology (PSIPP)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Introduction: Co-production and Carceral Spatiality

    • Dominique Moran, Anna K. Schliehe
    Pages 1-9
  3. Moving Beyond Carceral Walls

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111
  4. Imagining Beyond Carceral Spaces

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 199-199
    2. Tracing Memories in Border-Space

      • Clemens Bernardt, Bettina van Hoven, Paulus Huigen
      Pages 201-236
    3. Disavowing ‘the’ Prison

      • Sarah Armstrong, Andrew M. Jefferson
      Pages 237-267
    4. Conclusion: Reflections on Capturing the Carceral

      • Anna K. Schliehe, Dominique Moran
      Pages 269-283
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 285-289

About this book

This edited collection speaks to and expands on existing debates around incarceration. Rather than focusing on the bricks and mortar of institutional spaces, this volume’s inventive engagements in ‘thinking through carcerality’ touch on more elusive concepts of identity, memory and internal – as well as physical – walls and bars. Edited by two human geographers, and positioned within a criminological context, this original collection draws together essays by geographers and criminologists with a keen interest in carceral studies. The authors stretch their disciplinary boundaries; tackling a range of contemporary literatures to engage in new conversations and raising important questions within current debates on incarceration. A highly interdisciplinary project, this edited collection will be of particular interest to scholars of the criminal justice system, social policy, and spatial carceral studies.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham , Birmingham, United Kingdom

    Dominique Moran

  • Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

    Anna K. Schliehe

About the editors

Dominique Moran is Reader in Carceral Geography at the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Birmingham, UK.


Anna K. Schliehe is Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Prisons Research Centre at the University of Cambridge, UK.


Bibliographic Information

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eBook USD 119.00
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Hardcover Book USD 159.99
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