NCJ Number
120929
Journal
Howard Journal of Criminal Justice Volume: 28 Issue: 4 Dated: special issue (November 1989) Pages: 272-281
Date Published
1989
Length
10 pages
Annotation
Criminal law in the colonial situation subordinates resistance in a double marginalization.
Abstract
With one, resistance is rendered as peripheral to and as comprehensively dominated by that which is resisted. With the other, that which is resisted -- colonial domination -- is constituted as transient and exceptional, yet also as necessary for the inevitable march of progress. Resistance to it thus becomes multiply futile. Making these marginalized positions the focus of inquiry reveals the basic and enduring significance of crime as resistance to colonial rule. Such a reversal of perspective not only questions the exceptional nature of colonialism but also reveals colonial dimensions of 'crime' in the West. 28 references. (Author abstract)