ABSTRACT
Human rights frameworks and terminology have been employed in criminological scholarship for some time, and yet there is little explicit recognition of what Stanley has referred to as a ‘criminology for human rights’. In practice, human rights are often expressed across all these fields simultaneously, such as when reference is made to the agreed norms within the United Nations legal framework in order to bolster and legitimize political goals relating to equality, justice and the accountable use of coercive powers. Incorporating human rights explicitly into criminological degree programmes can also make an important contribution to broader human rights education. Now, more than ever, critical human rights education needs to be at the forefront of disciplinary training.
