Penal Abolition: Challenging Boundaries edited by Michael J. Coyle & Judah Schept The present issue’s focus reflects abolition’s foundational questioning of the material boundaries of capitalist societies—borders, prisons, property—as well as the matériel of those boundaries—barbed wire, cages, fences, walls, and increasingly their electronic manifestations. Whereas some reform efforts aim to tweak the size and […]
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Vol. 49-4
TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACTS [pdf download] Seize the Space: Angela Davis, Michel Foucault, and the Meaning of La Bataille Michael Welch A Community Vision of Police Abolition: Lessons on Theorizing from Below Jesse S.G. Wozniak Self-Harm in Prison and Abolition Feminism: Resisting Resistance Narratives and Framing Self-Harm as Carceral Violence Kolleen Duley Abolition as a […]
William Calathes and Matthew G. Yeager
Sweetheart Settlements, the Financial Crisis, and Impunity: A Case Study of SEC v. Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. This article highlights the inherentlimitationsand current failures of securities laws, with a particular focus on the abdication of power by state agents to protect the public interest from financial frauds. Through a case study of SEC v. Citigroup […]