What would a “Lived Experience Bourgeoisie” look like?

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After writing a thread on X [formerly Twitter] about my critical reflections and analysis of ‘lived 
experience’ within criminal justice practice and education, I was asked to expand on these thoughts 
for Criminology with Conviction. I will argue here, in this article, that there is much muddy water around 
the use of lived experience in terms of ‘intention’ & subsequent ‘application’ within and around the 
criminal justice system. Furthermore, I also postulate that the institutions and professionals within 
them are so embedded into current UK and Western structures of inequality that they are simply 
shaping the principles of lived experience for their own needs, consequently developing a kind of 
bourgeoisie type of lived experience. Moreover, this neutralizes the original intention of lived experience and seeks to maintain the status quo, whilst presenting an illusionary image of change and inclusive practice thereby maintaining the exclusion of the diverse range of the lived experience voice.