Stephen Shapiro
Cultural historian with expertise in literary theory and Foucault, contributing theoretical perspectives on punishment, surveillance and the history of prisons.
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Feb 20, 2026 • 57min
Crime and punishment medieval to modern
Jonathan Sumption, former Supreme Court judge and medieval historian; Stephen Shapiro, cultural historian versed in Foucault; Joanna Hardy-Susskind, criminal defence barrister and broadcaster; Scout Tzofiya Bolton, poet with lived prison experience; Stephanie Brown, criminologist researching medieval justice. They compare medieval community-based investigations with modern courts. They debate public spectacle versus surveillance, prison failures and alternatives, and how media shapes punishment.
