ABSTRACT
This chapter is part of a tradition of critical criminology that associates itself with social critique, aligned with the conviction that ‘certain ideologies are a danger to the public and need to be identified as such’ (Klein, 2007: 19). A critical criminological perspective acknowledges the injustices of the contemporary social system and understands dominant ideologies and discourses as having the potential to limit human creativity, expression and resistance. Neoliberal regimes and ideologies in advanced national economies have established ‘conditions of domination’ that impose reductionist and socially destructive meanings through their education systems. These systems have become a means of simply producing compliant political actors, eager consumers and unambitious workers; outcomes that can readily be construed as a form of harm.
