We start this special issue with two perspectives. First, that the sociological study of crime and law often intersects with the study of inequality, power, the state, and life chances. Second, that the study of crime and law are deeply interconnected—institutionally, politically, and culturally. Legal institutions build on normative ideas, organizations, careers, and power to govern, to criminalize, and to punish (and, conversely, to ignore or absolve), and everyday understandings of crime are deeply tied to cultural understandings of legality, perceptions of justice and injustice, and hopes for everyday life. Law and crime are thus dynamically tied to social aspirations, fears, and divisions, and are political and social contests over what unites and what divides societies.

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街道、套房和州：约翰·哈根对法律、权力和不平等研究的贡献

我们从两个角度开始本期特刊。首先，犯罪和法律的社会学研究经常与不平等、权力、国家和生活机会的研究交叉。其次，犯罪和法律的研究在制度上、政治上和文化上都是紧密相连的。法律制度建立在规范思想、组织、职业和治理、定罪和惩罚（反之亦然，忽视或赦免）的权力之上，而日常对犯罪的理解与对合法性的文化理解和正义感密切相关。和不公正，以及对日常生活的希望。因此，法律和犯罪与社会愿望、恐惧和分歧动态地联系在一起，是关于社会团结和分裂的政治和社会竞争。