Generative Justice: Beyond Crime and Punishment - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1529245907 ISBN 13: 9781529245905

Publisher: Bristol University Press, 2026

Synopsis

This edited collection explores the concept of Generative Justice and how it might help us reimagine conventional responses to crime and state punishment. With case studies from the Global North and South, it offers insights into how, within different cultural contexts, justice-involved people find solidarity, belonging and purpose.

The book showcases exciting and innovative projects and communities in which unlikely solidarities have been forged among diverse people, through creative practices, education, food, horticulture, and through shared experiences of reentry, recovery and desistance. By exploring the common features and qualities of these generative places, the book sets out an agenda for future research and activism.

About this title

About the Authors

Fergus McNeill is Professor of Criminology and Social Work at the University of Glasgow.

Mary Corcoran is Professor of Criminology at Keele University.

Beth Weaver is Professor of Criminal and Social Justice at the University of Strathclyde.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1529245907
• ISBN 13: 9781529245905
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 250
• Editor: McNeill Fergus, Corcoran Mary, Weaver Beth