Roger Matthews, one of the influential group of “Left Realists” and a leading contributor to several areas of study in critical criminology, died on April 7, 2020. Over the years, Roger had faced and fought various periods of illness but was unable to recover from COVID-19. Roger was born in 1948 into a working-class family in North London and never forgot his roots. While not academically inclined at school, he later flourished as a student, first at Middlesex Polytechnic (now Middlesex University), where he earned a degree in Social Science, following this with a Masters from the University of Sussex, and a PhD on the subject of prostitution from the Department of Sociology at the University of Essex. It was at Sussex that, as his former colleague John Lea recalls, he studied critical theory and encountered the “realist” philosophy of Roy Bhaskar, which he sought to incorporate into his book on Realist Criminology (2014). This intellectual background is important, being broad and sociological: Roger was never a narrow criminologist. Nor was he insular or fixed in his views, although famously, he enjoyed hearing the perspectives of others with whom he disagreed, so that he could engage in a good debate. As his former student, John Pitts (later Professor of Criminology, University of Bedfordshire), puts it, “Roger enjoyed an argument and didn’t mind antagonising people who didn’t agree with him. He inspired admiration in those who knew his work and love in those who knew him.” Jayne Mooney, now a Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, but a one-time graduate student and Lecturer at Middlesex, remembers Roger’s support throughout her PhD research on domestic abuse and kind encouragement when she gave her first ever lecture to one of his classes. Jayne also recalls that for Jock Young, Roger was someone who was always “bloody good fun”—even if they did often disagree. Roger spent much of his career at Middlesex (1977–2004), rising from Lecturer to Professor, with a secondment at Leicester University along the way. At Middlesex, he was one

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纪念罗杰·马修斯 (Roger Matthews) (1948-2020) 和编辑对“新时代”和“环境犯罪”的介绍

罗杰·马修斯（Roger Matthews）是有影响力的“左派现实主义者”团体之一，也是批判犯罪学多个研究领域的主要贡献者，于 2020 年 4 月 7 日去世。多年来，罗杰面对并与不同时期的疾病作斗争，但无法从 COVID-19 中恢复。罗杰于 1948 年出生于伦敦北部的一个工人阶级家庭，从未忘记自己的根。虽然在学校没有学术倾向，但他后来在学生时代蓬勃发展，首先在米德尔塞克斯理工学院（现为米德尔塞克斯大学），在那里他获得了社会科学学位，随后获得了苏塞克斯大学的硕士学位和该学科的博士学位埃塞克斯大学社会学系的卖淫专业。正如他的前同事 John Lea 回忆的那样，正是在苏塞克斯，他研究了批判理论并遇到了罗伊·巴斯卡的“现实主义”哲学，他试图将其纳入他的现实主义犯罪学（2014 年）一书中。这种知识背景很重要，具有广泛的社会学意义：罗杰从来都不是一个狭隘的犯罪学家。他的观点也不是孤立的或固定的，尽管众所周知，他喜欢听取与他不同的人的观点，这样他就可以进行良好的辩论。正如他以前的学生约翰·皮茨（后来的贝德福德大学犯罪学教授）所说，“罗杰喜欢争论，不介意与不同意他的人对抗。他激发了那些了解他的工作的人的钦佩和那些了解他的人的爱。” Jayne Mooney，现任纽约城市大学约翰杰刑事司法学院教授，但曾是米德尔塞克斯大学的一名研究生和讲师，她记得罗杰在她对家庭虐待的博士研究期间给予的支持，并在她第一次给他的一个班级讲课时给予了善意的鼓励。Jayne 还回忆说，对于 Jock Young 来说，Roger 是一个总是“非常有趣”的人——即使他们经常不同意。罗杰的大部分职业生涯都在米德尔塞克斯大学度过（1977-2004 年），从讲师晋升为教授，并在此过程中借调莱斯特大学。在米德尔塞克斯，他是一名 罗杰的大部分职业生涯都在米德尔塞克斯大学度过（1977-2004 年），从讲师晋升为教授，并在此过程中借调莱斯特大学。在米德尔塞克斯，他是一名 罗杰的大部分职业生涯都在米德尔塞克斯大学度过（1977-2004 年），从讲师晋升为教授，并在此过程中借调莱斯特大学。在米德尔塞克斯，他是一名