Abolition Feminist Storytelling as Methodology: Lessons Within the Stories We (Re)Tell About Punishment and Violence

Amber Joy Powell, Faith M. Deckard, Shannon Malone Gonzalez, Brittany Pearl Battle, Department of Sociology , University of Iowa, Iowa City, UCLA Department of Sociology, Los Angeles, The Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Sociology, Wake Forest University, North Carolina

Feminist Criminology

Published online on April 22, 2026

Abstract

Feminist Criminology, Ahead of Print.
This paper engages abolition feminist storytelling as a methodology for feminist criminologists to identify, reflect on, grapple with, and ultimately confront carceral logics in the stories we (re)tell about violence and punishment. Drawing on over a ...