The End of an Era? Understanding the Contradictions of Criminal Justice Reform
The End of an Era? Understanding the Contradictions of Criminal Justice Reform
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一个时代的结束？
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2016
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Emily Knaphus
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K. Beckett;Anna Reosti;Emily Knaphus
最近美国监禁率的下降引发了很多关于大规模监禁命运的讨论。一些观察人士认为，支持严厉打击犯罪的政治共识已被打破，取而代之的是必须减少监狱人口的新共识。在本文中，我们探讨了围绕犯罪和惩罚的立法和公共话语都没有发生如此巨大变化的可能性，以及围绕改革努力的文化动态可能会破坏全面量刑改革的前景。为了评估这些假设，我们分析了2000年至2013年刑事司法政策改革的趋势，以及2008年以来关于刑事司法改革的报纸报道和社论。虽然我们确实发现了修辞和政策变化的重要例子，但我们认为这些变化并不构成“范式转变”。相反，它们表明了对惩罚的构思、讨论和最终实施方式的一种更微妙、更复杂、更矛盾的修改。
Recent drops in the U.S. rate of incarceration have triggered much discussion regarding the fate of mass incarceration. Some observers suggest that the political consensus in favor of getting tough on crime has been shattered and replaced by a new consensus that the prison population must be downsized. In this article, we explore the possibility that neither legislation nor public discourse around crime and punishment has shifted so dramatically, and that the cultural dynamics surrounding reform efforts may undermine the prospects of comprehensive sentencing reform. To assess these hypotheses, we analyze trends in criminal justice policy reform from 2000 to 2013 and newspaper stories and editorials on criminal justice reform since 2008. While we do find important examples of changing rhetoric and policy, we suggest that these changes do not constitute a “paradigm shift.” Rather, they are indicative of a more subtle, complex, and contradictory modification of the way punishment is conceived, discussed, and ultimately enacted.