Punishment & Society-International Journal of Penology最新文献

{"title":"Talking punishment: How victim perceptions of punishment change when they communicate with offenders","authors":"D. Batchelor","doi":"10.1177/14624745211054748","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14624745211054748","url":null,"abstract":"The myth that restorative justice is the opposite of retributive justice persists, despite a long history of rhetorical challenges. Only empirical evidence can advance the debate, so this article investigates the relationship between punishment and victim–offender communication from the victim’s perspective. Interviews with 40 victims of crime established that some victims saw victim–offender communication and punishment as alternatives, and others saw them as independent. However, more than half the participants expected that communicating with the offender would increase their satisfaction with the offender’s punishment or reported afterwards that this was in fact the case, suggesting that some victims fulfil punishment objectives through communication with the offender. The changes occurred when victims received information about the offender’s punishment, received feedback from the offender or used communication with the offender to impose a mild punishment of their own. Victims were not excessively punitive, but this study demonstrates the existence of an association between punishment and victim–offender communication from at least some victims’ perspectives. This article argues that we should not ignore or attempt to eliminate this relationship. Rather, acknowledging and examining the existence of punishment within victim–offender communication would improve practice and generate better outcomes for victims, offenders and society.","PeriodicalId":47626,"journal":{"name":"Punishment & Society-International Journal of Penology","volume":"25 1","pages":"519 - 536"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2021-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48930211","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Carcerality and the legacies of settler colonial punishment in Nairobi","authors":"A. Pfingst, Wangui Kimari","doi":"10.1177/14624745211041845","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14624745211041845","url":null,"abstract":"From the beginning of its colonial settlement in Kenya, the British administration criminalized Kenyans. Even now, colonial modes of punishment, incarceration, closure, interrogation, curfew, confiscation, separation, displacement, and detention without trial are deeply embedded in the spatial and ideological arrangements of post-colonial Kenya. Initially assumed to herald a rupture from colonial modes of criminalization and punishment, the post-colonial period instead normalized them. Through ethnographic, scholarly, and visual encounters, the paper engages five interconnecting structures that engendered the legacy of a seamless system of control, containment, and punishment evident in the ‘afterlives’ of empire. These are settler colonialism, violence, racism, colonial corporeality, and capitalism. The paper attends to the violence and brutality that endures in the very geographies that were the urban targets of colonial siege and links the carceral practices of settler colonialism and the everyday post-colonial governance of Nairobi’s poor neighbourhoods, encounters with the debris and ruination of empire found in the material and spatial fabric of Mathare. We take up a critical encounter with colonial files to both discern the continuity and lineage of carceral practices and to disrupt the authorial totality and continuity the colonial archive files assembled. The paper includes archival and authored photographs:","PeriodicalId":47626,"journal":{"name":"Punishment & Society-International Journal of Penology","volume":"23 1","pages":"697 - 722"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2021-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44756245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Paul M Renfro, Stranger Danger: Family Values, Childhood, and the American Carceral State","authors":"Paul Kaplan","doi":"10.1177/14624745211056146","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14624745211056146","url":null,"abstract":"As the concept of mass incarceration has matured into a broad reference for the consequences of neoliberal punitiveness that overtook the US in the 1980s, the details of its origins and growth are important to know. During a time when ‘defunding the police’ is taken seriously, it is important to remember how the police got funded in the first place. Paul M. Renfro’s book Stranger Danger analyzes one branch in the roots of mass incarceration by focusing on the cultural, political, and legal ramifications of high profile ‘missing and exploited children’ cases from the 1980s. These cases spawned a moral panic that Renfro calls ‘the child safety regime’ (p. 9) that had a significant impact on criminal justice policy from the early 1980’s through the 2000’s. The first part of Stranger Danger revisits a handful of high-profile cases from the 1980’s, such as those of Adam Walsh and Etan Patz, two six-year-old boys who disappeared from public places (a department store in Florida and a street in New York City) and were later found dead, victims of homicide. Adam Walsh’s story was soon eclipsed by his father John’s notoriety as host of the TV show America’s Most Wanted, although John Walsh’s celebrity is not Renfro’s primary focus. Rather, Stranger Danger investigates the racialized and heteronormative concept of ‘endangered childhood,’ which overtly refers to the physical safety of kids but also implies a moral threat to white, heterosexual children. This moral dimension comes into focus through Renfro’s analysis of the cultural impact of widely distributed photographs of Etan Patz and others (some of which are included in the book). The gist is that these images of missing and ostensibly photogenic white boys resonated with people in the cultural center of the US: white, heterosexual, family-types with middle-class aspirations. Etan Patz’s father, Stanley, summed up this idea in a revealing quote unearthed by Renfro:","PeriodicalId":47626,"journal":{"name":"Punishment & Society-International Journal of Penology","volume":"25 1","pages":"811 - 813"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2021-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45774546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Book Review: Break Every Yoke: Religion, Justice, and the Abolition of Prisons by Joshua Dubler and Vincent W Lloyd","authors":"J. Sexton","doi":"10.1177/14624745211055167","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14624745211055167","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47626,"journal":{"name":"Punishment & Society-International Journal of Penology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43739114","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Hadar Aviram, Yesterday’s Monsters: The Manson Family Cases and the Illusion of Parole","authors":"Chrysanthi S. Leon, M. Buckridge","doi":"10.1177/14624745211053598","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14624745211053598","url":null,"abstract":"References Bagaric M, Hunger D and Svilar J (2021) Prison abolition: From naïve idealism to technological pragmatism. J Crim Law Criminol 111(2): 351–406. Gladwell M (2021) ‘My writing had better have changed. Or I’m a failure’. Financial Times. https://www.ft.com/content/aa0ecdf0-5be5-4dc8-80ca-150e12c25104 Millie A (2021) Criminology and Public Theology: On Hope, Mercy and Restoration. Bristol: Bristol University Press. Sullivan W (2009) Prison Religion: Faith-Based Reform and the Constitution. Princeton: Princeton University Press.","PeriodicalId":47626,"journal":{"name":"Punishment & Society-International Journal of Penology","volume":"25 1","pages":"559 - 562"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2021-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48769242","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Too much policing: Why calls are made to defund the police","authors":"Jennifer E. Cobbina-Dungy, D. Jones-Brown","doi":"10.1177/14624745211045652","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14624745211045652","url":null,"abstract":"The repeat use of fatal force against unarmed people of color has driven global protests against police violence and fueled criticism of policing as a mechanism for public safety. In the US, calls to abolish, transform, or reform policing have reemerged with a primary focus on the elimination of structural racism. In this essay, we contend that a two-tier policing problem exists. The first is the continued use of policing to enforce racial dominance through policing practices labeled as “proactive”. The second is contemporary “warrior-style” police training that normalizes the expectation of unquestioned compliance with police directives and authorizes police to use physical force in its absence. This dangerous combination results in over-policing the public generally and Black members of the public specifically. Select incidents are provided to support these claims. We conclude by expressing support for the call to reallocate portions of policing budgets toward other government and community-based structures that function to enhance the ability of people to survive and thrive rather than operate as mechanisms of pre-adjudication punishment and state-sanctioned coercion.","PeriodicalId":47626,"journal":{"name":"Punishment & Society-International Journal of Penology","volume":"25 1","pages":"3 - 20"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2021-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46119154","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Paul Rock, The Official History of Criminal Justice in England and Wales. Volume 1: The ‘Liberal Hour’","authors":"P. Thomas","doi":"10.1177/14624745211045344","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14624745211045344","url":null,"abstract":"strain, tell their stories of how they recovered from such trauma and later organized to both bring light to discriminatory social policies and empower their communities. By including these descriptions, Boyles offers a change in the narrative of the Black community in Ferguson, as protesters did not begin their work to destroy their neighborhoods (for example, by looting) but actually began their work to rebuild and revitalize (protect and serve) their neighborhoods in the absence of equitable law enforcement. A unique aspect of the book, which should be considered a strength, is the author’s framing of the work akin to a screenplay where readers can “fade in” or “lap dissolve” to exact moments of direct action around the city. Such visualization aids give extra life to the work. Providing a cinematic vibe brings the reader closer to the events and closer to the realities that Boyles witnesses and participates in. Some images discussed in the book are difficult: picturing “front-liners” bearing the brunt of tear gas and rubber bullets to protect other protesters, and envisioning residents’ trauma as they stand by blood on the pavement at the outer crime scene. However, these images are necessary to understand the full impact of the critical event and its resultant direct action and the need to create stronger neighborhood social bonds. Another strength of the book is a discussion of Black feminism and its relation to informal social ties in Ferguson. The author describes “othermothers,” a group whose actions have meaningful and historical roots. These women conduct outreach and wellbeing checks, engage in shared parenting responsibilities with relatives and others in the community, and give advice to younger activists. This look at intersectionality shows that Black women’s role in fostering order is complex and also provides a much-needed form of social and political activism to benefit their communities. Boyles’s book is engaging and will inspire other activists and scholars alike. It is a true contribution to the race and social justice literature in sociology and criminology due to its multifaceted ethnographic techniques and its deep examinations of what it is like to be on the ground when trying to reorder one’s social environment. Her positionality and immersion in the movement offer a necessary exploration of Black collective action. This work proves that Black Lives Matter.","PeriodicalId":47626,"journal":{"name":"Punishment & Society-International Journal of Penology","volume":"25 1","pages":"567 - 570"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2021-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45518949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A ‘crimmigrant ban’? Global mobility, urban (in)security and the changing dynamics of judicial practices","authors":"Eleonora Di Molfetta","doi":"10.1177/14624745211047873","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14624745211047873","url":null,"abstract":"In the last decades, western countries have developed a set of policies and practices aimed both at crime prevention and social reassurance. Within this trend, the old-fashioned sanction of banishment has regained prominence. Banning orders, in particular, are widely used to remove from public spaces individuals who are deemed a threat to public safety and urban decorum. This article investigates the use of banning orders towards foreign defendants without a valid residence permit in an Italian criminal court. Based on empirical material collected during a one-year period of courtroom ethnography in Turin, this article sheds light on the rationales and objectives behind the use of banning orders. The interviews with courtroom actors reveal how banning orders have lost much of their preventive dimension to become an instrument of socio-urban control towards immigrants. This article invites future research to consider the role that urban management practices might play in the field of global mobility.","PeriodicalId":47626,"journal":{"name":"Punishment & Society-International Journal of Penology","volume":"25 1","pages":"537 - 554"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2021-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42141093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Manufacturing Obedience: Coercion and Authority in Border Controls","authors":"A. Aliverti","doi":"10.1177/14624745211051320","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14624745211051320","url":null,"abstract":"This article reassesses the relationship between state authority and violence in the context of border controls. Drawing on empirical research conducted with immigration and police officers in the UK, I show that the use of force in this context give rise to distinctively complex ethical questions which shape institutional and individual practices, and is entangled with the legally and politically fragile authority wielded by frontline staff. Faced with a morally, socially and politically controversial mandate, these officers devise a range of strategies to either minimize or conceal the use of violence. In doing so, they sometimes fall into oxymorons and euphemisms that at once evidence the shady line between coercion and consent, and shed light on the some of the profound moral dilemmas they encounter in doing border work. These dilemmas, I conclude, speak of broader challenges to the exercise of state coercive power, and the negotiated, contingent and provisional nature of state authority in a globalized, postcolonial and profoundly unequal world. I also argue for the social and intellectual urge to integrate the study of immigration enforcement in contemporary debates of state penality.","PeriodicalId":47626,"journal":{"name":"Punishment & Society-International Journal of Penology","volume":"25 1","pages":"343 - 362"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2021-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44218534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The promises and pitfalls of path dependence frameworks for analyzing penal change","authors":"Ashley T Rubin","doi":"10.1177/14624745211043543","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14624745211043543","url":null,"abstract":"Although the study of penal changes throughout history is central to punishment studies, the field has taken little from historical institutionalists’ theories of institutional change. One of the most relevant such theories is path dependence. This article outlines path dependence frameworks’ most fruitful elements for studying penal change. Drawing on foundational political science and historical sociology texts, as well as several punishment scholars’ works, this article highlights the advantages of thinking through stasis and change, mechanisms of inertia such as feedback effects, and exogenous shocks. While path dependence offers a powerful framework, it can also be an unsatisfying explanation at times, particularly when path dependence is itself a seemingly uphill battle, when apparent stasis hides ongoing change, or when institutions survive hypothesized mechanisms of change. This paper closes by discussing some ways in which punishment scholars can strengthen the path dependence framework by blending it with recent theoretical developments in the punishment studies field.","PeriodicalId":47626,"journal":{"name":"Punishment & Society-International Journal of Penology","volume":"25 1","pages":"264 - 284"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2021-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45911907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}