Criminological Connections, Directions, Horizons: Essays in Honour of Nigel South [Hardcover]

This timely book presents a carefully curated selection of essays to celebrate the career of Nigel South, Emeritus Professor at the Department of Sociology and Criminology of the University of Essex, and one of the leading figures in his field.

This book, while celebrating the remarkable career of Dr Nigel South, one of the key thinkers in contemporary criminology, is no ordinary Festschrift. For, given Dr Souths long career at the cutting-edge of debates within criminology, it features?a series of fascinating essays that are both informative, in terms of the core issues within policing, drugs research, green, southern, and sensory criminology, and conceptually?at the forefront of the discipline.??By focusing on Dr South's contributions, the collection is also illustrative of the importance of the biographical turn within criminology  the need to place individual thinkers within current debates and the development of the discipline.

-Prof Jayne Mooney,?John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the Graduate Center, CUNY.

This book is a wonderful tribute to the continuing influence of Nigel South on the development of green criminology. It shows him to be a scholar-activist of the highest magnitude. I am fortunate indeed to count him as a colleague.

-Piers Beirne,?Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Legal Studies, University of Southern Maine.

This is an inspiring collection of essays celebrating the path breaking intellectual trajectory of Nigel South. The nature of festschrifts implies some backward-looking review of past achievements. The exceptional feature of this volume, reflecting the pioneering character of Nigel Souths work over several decades and numerous areas of criminology, is that its contributions are vital for understanding the futures of not just criminal justice but the wol³~