Justice After Grenfell? Crime, Harm and Structural Inequality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8401431 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Steve Tomb (0000-0002-0512-2563, corresponding author), Steve Tombs |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 733-748 |
| Publication date | 2025-12-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0955 • E-ISSN: 1464-3529 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjc/azaf096 |
| OpenAlex | W4416983596 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 18 |
What does justice look like for the people affected by Grenfell? This study addresses that question variously. First, via the lens of social harm, highlighting searing and ongoing effects of the fire. Then, I explore Grenfell as a site of injustice, through law and within contexts of structural inequalities, not least at the intersections of ‘race’ and class. This leads to a series of observations on the role and outcomes of the public inquiry, before I examine Grenfell as a site of crime and criminal justice. I argue that any adequate legacy of the fire, its contexts and consequences, requires a radical reimagination of constitutes ‘justice’
Context (archaeology) · Criminal justice · Criminal law · Economic Justice · Harm · Inequality · Social inequality · Structural inequality · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Law in Society and Culture · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
Grenfell
A Border in Every Street
Leaving a 'Stain upon the Silence'
The UK’s corporate killing law
New abolition, criminology and a critical carceral studies
Displacement on the Lancaster West Estate in London before, during, and after the Grenfell fire
The Grenfell Tower atrocity
Grenfell, Race, Remembrance
The City of the Missing
From Social Harm to Zemiology
Decolonizing Zemiology
The fire this time
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |