Phil Scraton is Professor of Criminology, Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice, School of Law, Queen’s University, Belfast. His latest books are Power, Conflict and Criminalisation (Routledge, 2007), The Violence of Incarceration (edited with Jude McCulloch – Routledge, 2008), Hillsborough: The Truth (Mainstream, 2009), and The Incarceration of Women (with Linda Moore – Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming). He is deeply grateful to the editors for the opportunity to write for the Journal. He can be contacted via e-mail at p.scraton@qub.ac.uk or by post at the following address:
Phil Scraton Queen’s University Belfast 28 University Square – Room 28.102 Belfast, BT7 1NN Northern Ireland, UK
