This book discusses Stuart Hall's unique contribution to criminology. It suggests that this is
captured best in Hall's commitment to understanding a given historical moment or conjuncture
in its full complexity and his continuous deployment of an appropriate methodology
conjunctural analysis to do so. This provides a running thread linking Hall's early work on
youth subcultures the media the state and hegemony to his later work on racial identities
racism and the politics of difference. This is contrasted with more theoretically-driven work
in cultural criminology. Its failure to adopt a conjunctural approach constitutes for the
author something of a missed moment. To demonstrate the continuing relevance of this form of
analysis the book provides a conjunctural analysis of Brexit including its psychosocial
dimension and concludes with a brief analysis of Trump's failure to get re-elected. The book is
intended for students of criminology and cultural studies.
