Dr Jon Burnett

Jon Burnett is a senior lecturer in Criminology.

Jon's research focuses on and interrogates carcerality, political economies of work and punishment, and state violence and state racism. As well as publishing extensively in a range of academic fora (including the journals Race & Class, the British Journal of Criminology, State Crime Journal and Policy & Politics), he has written for a range of broader publications including the Guardian, Red Pepper, Open Democracy, IRR News and Criminal Justice Matters.

Jon has previously worked at Positive Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers (PAFRAS), Medical Justice and the Institute of Race Relations. He has been a witness at the Permanent Peoples' Tribunal on the Human Rights of Migrant and Refugee Peoples, and is a former co-editor of Justice, Power and Resistance: an international, peer-reviewed journal promoting critical analysis and connecting theory, politics and activism.