Introduction to the Special Issue: Pandemics, policing and protest

Burnett, Jon; Nafstad, Ida; White, Lisa

Abstract

Opening paragraph:
After a brief hiatus, this Special Issue marks the relaunch of Justice, Power and Resistance – the Journal of the European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control. This Special Issue is published against a background of ongoing crisis and controls. In March 2020, The World Health Organisation declared the Coronavirus COVID-19 a pandemic. At the time of writing, 485,275,045 cases of COVID-19 have been recorded worldwide, and 6,133,718 people are known to have died, according to the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Centre (2022). In addition to these deaths, responses to the virus have created immense harm and suffering. They have facilitated the further growth of solitary confinement in the penal estate and impacted upon the relationship between those detained and the ‘outside world’. Responses have also included further restrictions on freedom of movement and the ‘enhancement’ of border controls, the strengthening of police powers and significant increases in the levels and forms of surveillance.

Citation

Burnett, J., Nafstad, I., & White, L. (2022). Introduction to the Special Issue: Pandemics, policing and protest. Justice, power and resistance, 5(1-2), 2-8. https://doi.org/10.1332/CYMN6723

• Journal Article Type: Editorial
• Acceptance Date: Feb 28, 2022
• Online Publication Date: May 31, 2022
• Publication Date: 2022-05
• Deposit Date: Apr 5, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 21, 2025
• Electronic ISSN: 2635-2338
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 1-2
• Pages: 2-8
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1332/CYMN6723
• Keywords: Abolition; Pandemic; Social control; Policing; Racism
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4075918