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Colonial Confessions: An Autoethnography of Writing Criminology in the New South Africa

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This article is an autoethnographic account of a 20-year engagement with South African criminology. It is written from the perspective of someone from the Global North, a beneficiary of Britain’s colonial past and the present dominance of northern ways of thinking and being. The aim is to encourage other criminologists from a similar background to reflect on their histories and the impact of their work in the present, and to be open to ideas from outside the Euro-American mainstream of the discipline. The evolution of South African criminology, and its gradual adoption of a more southern or decolonial sensibility, is traced in the work of the author and others.

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  • Bill Dixon, 2024. "Colonial Confessions: An Autoethnography of Writing Criminology in the New South Africa," The British Journal of Criminology, Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, vol. 64(5), pages 1063-1079.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:crimin:v:64:y:2024:i:5:p:1063-1079.
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