Seminar
Abstract: Over some thirty-five years as a criminologist, Hal Pepinsky’s thinking has evolved, principally to replace notions of "crime" and "criminal justice" with the notions of "violence" and "peacemaking". In his most recent book, Peacemaking: Reflections of a Radical Criminologist (University of Ottawa Press, 2006), Pepinsky traces the evolution of the criminal justice system in the United States since 1973. He discusses how he came to embrace the radical feminist view that patriarchy and the "politics of fear" can provide explanations for the rise in incarcerations in the US, as well as for other forms of systemic power in society. In his guest presentation, Dr. Pepinsky will focus primarily on explaining his own radical shift regarding criminological problems of interest.
Hal Pepinsky retired in 2009 after teaching criminal justice at Indiana University in Bloomington since 1976. He has rejoined his wife, Jill Bystydzienski, in Worthington. Dr. Pepinsky has focused on peacemaking criminology since the
mid-eighties. In retirement, he blogs on peacemaking at pepinsky.blogspot.com.
The final page proofs of his book, Peacemaking: Reflections of a Radical Criminologist, are available at the Critical Criminology website,
http://critcrim.org/sites/default/files/Pepinsky_proofs_0.pdf, and are virtually identical to the hard copy version.