Dis/ableist Criminology: Beyond Ableism Through a Zemiological Framework

Macdonald, Stephen J. and Peacock, Donna (2025) Dis/ableist Criminology: Beyond Ableism Through a Zemiological Framework. Critical Criminology. ISSN 1205-8629

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Abstract

Criminology has largely neglected the social harms experienced by disabled people, both within and beyond the criminal justice system. The discipline frequently pathologises disability, framing disabled people as either victims or offenders while failing to engage with broader structural inequalities. Zemiology, the study of harm beyond legal definitions of crime, offers a valuable framework for examining systemic harms affecting marginalised groups, however, this has yet to be fully applied to disability. To address this gap, we apply a zemiological framework to the harms experienced by disabled people. We introduce dis/ableist criminology, a framework that integrates zemiology with disability studies to highlight disablist practices, ableist cultures, and the embodied experiences of alienation and marginalisation, offering a more comprehensive understanding of disability, crime, and victimisation.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number:	10.1007/s10612-025-09843-2
Dates:	Date Event 23 July 2025 Accepted 8 September 2025 Published Online
Subjects:	CAH15 - social sciences > CAH15-01 - sociology, social policy and anthropology > CAH15-01-02 - sociology
Divisions:	Law and Social Sciences > Criminology and Sociology > Criminology
Depositing User:	Gemma Tonks
Date Deposited:	09 Sep 2025 09:34
Last Modified:	09 Sep 2025 09:34
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/16639

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