Red Zones
Criminal Law and the Territorial Governance of Marginalized People

Examines the court-imposed territorial restrictions and other bail and sentencing conditions that are increasingly issued in the context of criminal proceedings.

Marie-Eve Sylvestre (Author), Nicholas Blomley (Author), Céline Bellot (Author)

9781316635414, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 January 2020

188 pages, 14 b/w illus. 8 maps 28 tables
22.8 x 15.3 x 1.4 cm, 0.46 kg

'Red Zones is a highly original and ground-breaking book that compellingly reveals how marginalized peoples are increasingly governed through territory and time via criminal law and justice processes. Its rare combination of legal theory and rich empirical data will appeal to legal scholars, criminologists and geographers alike.' Randy K. Lippert, University of Windsor

In Red Zones, Marie-Eve Sylvestre, Nicholas Blomley, and Céline Bellot examine the court-imposed territorial restrictions and other bail and sentencing conditions that are increasingly issued in the context of criminal proceedings. Drawing on extensive fieldwork with legal actors in the criminal justice system, as well as those who have been subjected to court surveillance, the authors demonstrate the devastating impact these restrictions have on the marginalized populations - the homeless, drug users, sex workers and protesters - who depend on public spaces. On a broader level, the authors show how red zones, unlike better publicized forms of spatial regulation such as legislation or policing strategies, create a form of legal territorialization that threatens to invert traditional expectations of justice and reshape our understanding of criminal law and punishment.

List of figures
List of maps
List of tables
Acknowledgments
Table of cases
Table of legislation
1. Navigating the territories of the law
Part I. Foundations: 2. Law and territory, a legal geography
3. 'Recognizances to keep the peace and be of good behaviour': the legal history of red zones and conditions of release
Part II. Expansion: 4. Territory widening
5. The shifting and expanding terrain of criminal justice management
Part III. Territorialization and its Consequences: 6. Territorializing: how legal territory is made and justified
7. Conditional life inside the red zone
8. Red zoning politics
Conclusion
9. Red zones in and out of the courtroom
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Human geography [RGC], Criminal justice law [LNFB], Criminal law & procedure [LNF], International criminal law [LBBZ], Criminology: legal aspects [LAR], Human rights [JPVH], Crime & criminology [JKV]