BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4689@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190520T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190520T183000 DTSTAMP:20190327T175214Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/wowfest-crime-punishment-the-pol itics-of-fear-tony-platt-and-phil-scraton-in-conversation/ SUMMARY:Bluecoat: WoWFest: ‘Crime’\, Punishment & The Politics Of Fear  Tony Platt and Phil Scraton in Conversation DESCRIPTION:‘Crime’\, Punishment &\; The Politics Of Fear Tony Plat t and Phil Scraton in Conversation\n\nVenue: Bluecoat\, 8 School Ln\, Li verpool\, L1 3BX\nTime: 6.30pm (Doors at 6pm)\nTickets: £12/£6 (Studen ts/Over 60s/Unemployed)\n\nRenowned criminologists and sociologists Tony Platt (University of California) and Phil Scraton (The Violence of Inca rceration &\; The Hillsborough Report) discuss the social and politic al consequences of criminalisation\, particularly mass incarceration\, in a climate of fear and the responsibilities of researcher-activists to pris oners\, their families\, their communities and to wider public.\n\nPhil Sc raton is Professor Emeritus in the School of Law\, Queen’s University\, Belfast. Director of The Hillsborough Project 1989-95 he was principal author of its major reports and of the Hillsborough Independent Panel’s  ground-breaking 2013 report\, Hillsborough. Awarded Freedom of the City of Liverpool\, he was factual consultant on\, and contributor to\, the 20 17 BAFTA winning documentary Hillsborough. Having declined an OBE in 201 7 he was castaway on BBC’s Desert Island Discs. His research includes: controversial deaths and the state\; rights of the bereaved and survivors following disasters\; the politics of incarceration\; childhood\, rights a nd justice. Publications include: ‘Childhood’ in ‘Crisis’?\; Pow er\, Conflict and Criminalisation\; The Violence of Incarceration\; The Incarceration of Women\; Women’s Imprisonment and the Case for Abolitio n.\n\nTony Platt is a criminologist and sociologist and Distinguished Affi liated Scholar at the Center for the Study of Law &\; Society\, Univers ity of California\, Berkeley. Beyond These Walls is his groundbreaking i nvestigation into the roots of the American criminal justice system reveal s how the past bleeds into the present. It tracks the legacy of crime and imprisonment in the United States\, from the historical roots of the Ameri can criminal justice system to our modern state of over-incarceration\, an d offers a bold vision for a new future. Author Tony Platt\, a recognized authority in the field of criminal justice\, challenges the way we think a bout how and why millions of people are tracked\, arrested\, incarcerated\ , catalogued\, and regulated in the United States.\n>\;>\; TICKETS < \;<\;\n\nFor any problems booking tickets or ticketing queries email cu stomerservice@ticketquarter.co.uk or telephone the box office during open ing hours on 0344 8000410. The Call centre is open 9am - 9pm Monday - Satu rday and 10-5 Sundays and bank holidays. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2019/03/A1-Landscape-Teaser.jpg LOCATION:Bluecoat\, School Lane\, Liverpool\, L1 3BX\, Liverpool\, United K ingdom GEO:53.404542;-2.984173 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=School Lane\, Liverpool\, L 1 3BX\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Bluecoat:geo :53.404542,-2.984173 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20190331T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR