Criminalized and Disabled : A Sociological Criminology Beyond the Crime.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rogers, Chrissie.

Language:

English

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2026.

Summary:

This book explores how disability, autism and mental health are treated in the criminal justice system, exposing everyday injustices and offering care-driven insights to shape more just, empathetic policies and practices.

Contents:

Front Cover

Half Title

Copyright Page

Content Warning

Dedication

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Terms of Use

1 Introduction

Introduction

Criminalized and disabled

Storytelling and deviance

A sociological imagination

Narrative criminology -​ (re)turning to crime and deviance stories

Surveillance and care -​ thinking sociologically

Super-​surveillance or care lack?

A care ethics of disability

Structure of the book

2 Beyond the Crime:​ Telling Stories

The Who: Pen-​Portraits

The main players -​ men and mothers

Benny

Eddie

Ellis

Eric

Harry

Hugh

Vincent

Warren

Elaine (Harry's mother)

Sorcha (mother)

Trudy (mother)

Udele (mother)

The Professionals -​ supporting cast

Beatrice

Dara

Faith

Kip

Malcolm

Olivia

Talei

Tamsin

Terry

Willow

The doing: interviews, reflections, and field notes

Gaining and maintaining access -​ life at the margins

Gatekeeping and managing the process -​ meeting potential participants

Time and flexibility -​ caring work beyond the design

Telling stories

Photo-​elicitation interviewing (PEI) and necessary connections

Exploring visual data: 'feelings photographs'

Ethical considerations -​ more than ticking boxes

Concluding remarks

3 Mapping the Landscape, Listening to Professionals

Historical context: a lifetime of medicalisation

Formal and informal learning: criminalization and incarceration pathways

Education -​ place and space

Beyond formal education and systemic care-​lessness

After the fact: criminalization, surveillance and the socio-​legal

4 Before and During Criminalization: Stories from the Men as Boys

Unspeakable stories: Warren and Vincent.

Warren

An escape route: Eric

It is unjust: Harry

Unwanted: Benny and Ellis

Masking and 'not disabled enough': Hugh and Eddie

Secure but not safe: Warren and teenage incarceration

Pathway to prison: Harry and anger

'Mate' crime, cuckooing and mental health decline: Eddie and Ellis

Who cares and 'friends': Benny and Hugh

5 A Sentence for Life: Mothering and Pathways to Crime

Before time: Udele

Education and mental health: Udele, Sorcha, and Elaine

'If he sounds okay, I'm okay, if he doesn't, then I'm not': Elaine and emotional abuse

Tangential abuse, shame, and stigma: Sorcha

6 Crossing Boundaries and Sex Offending

Deteriorating mental health: Ellis, Hugh, and Harry

Surveillance and the 'dangerous' few: Vincent and Warren

Uncaring others: professionals reflect on sex and intimacy

7 Mothers as Caring Victims: Arrest to Incarceration

Extreme violence, extreme caring: Trudy

Chaos in the shadows: Udele

8 Arrest, Incarceration and Criminalized Disabled Men

'I only did it because people weren't listening': Eric

'It's like a normal house, in a normal street': Vincent

'It was terrifying in prison': Warren

'I'm in prison. Fuck it!' Harry

'I have to go guilty, to, erm, to get a lesser sentence': Eddie

It's not all about long-​term incarceration: Benny, Ellis, and Hugh

9 Conclusion

Prison and punishment

Mothers resolve

Finally

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-5292-2735-6

9781529227352

OCLC:

1583170083