Trapped in dichotomies and individualism: The Western criminal legal system's failure to capture complexity
Published online on January 14, 2026
Abstract
Punishment & Society, Ahead of Print.
This article critiques the Western criminal legal systems’ individualism and reliance on dichotomies. Grounding our analysis in micro-level findings based on interviews from two studies on the experiences of repeatedly criminalised people in the UK, we ...
This article critiques the Western criminal legal systems’ individualism and reliance on dichotomies. Grounding our analysis in micro-level findings based on interviews from two studies on the experiences of repeatedly criminalised people in the UK, we ...