New Publication co-authored by Katherine Bruce-Lockhart, Catherine Ramey, and Emily Wood

This article, co-authored by History's own Katherine Bruce-Lockhart, Catherine Ramey and Emily Wood, focuses on the history of the UN Congress on the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders over a 40-year timeline. It takes into consideration global trends, specifically those of African postcolonial nations and raises questions around the origin of "universal" penal norms and the modes that led to their creation, contestation and global governance. On a broader scale, it raises important questions around the shortcomings of colonization, fascism, and decolonization while maintaining the necessity of the UN Congress as a space for discussion with limits to transformation.