Published	30/09/2025
ISSN	TBC

Issue Contents

Welcome to this special issue of the British Journal of Community Justice.

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1) Introduction by Kathryn Chadwick, Margaret S. Malloch and Martha O’Carroll

Abolitionism and Community Justice – an uneasy alliance?

 

2) Article by Deena Hayden, Phil Scranton

‘BEYOND THE AMELIORATION OF PRISON PRACTICE’: CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND PENAL ABOLITION

 

3) Article by Becky Clarke and Zara Manoehoetoe

Building Alliances: Community spaces centring justice in times of injustice

 

4) Article by Grace Gordon

Moving beyond carceral safety logics in Aotearoa New Zealand

 

5) Article by Alia Spathopolou

DISPLACING BORDER VIOLENCE: FLOATING PRISONS, EVERYDAY INCARCERATIONS AND ABOLITIONIST JOURNEYS

 

6) Article by Ti Lamusse

RECONCEPTUALISING RESTORATIVE JUSTICE FOR ABOLITIONIST PURPOSES: PROPOSALS FOR ABOLITIONIST RESTORATIVE JUSTICE IN AOTEAROA/NEW ZEALAND

 

7) Book review by Jessica Cleary

Review of: Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement. Ejeris Dixon and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (Eds.) (2020) Chico, CA: AK Press. 

 

8) Book review by Natalie Avlonitis

Review of: Abolition Revolution, Aviah Sarah Day & Shanice Octavia McBean, (2022) Pluto Press