Doctoral Dissertation Research: Science, Policy and Crime: A Case Study

科学、政策和犯罪：案例研究本项目通过犯罪控制和心理健康科学之间的相互作用，探索性犯罪者类别的历史结构。通过分析从20世纪60年代末到90年代的立法、法律和科学领域的话语，该研究考察了分类作为罪犯登记的条件和效果，这是美国在20世纪90年代颁布的。本文考察了以下三个问题：(1)罪犯类别是什么，它是如何变化的；(2)构成目标类别的事实是通过什么方式建立的？(3)政治和知识是如何相互作用的，使罪犯登记作为一项重要的安全措施成为可能？本文参考了(1)有关法规的政府文件，以及参与政策过程的非政府组织和个人编写的主要材料；(2)在学术和政策领域活跃和有影响力的精神病学家和心理学家的工作；(3)重大刑事案件的法院意见和相关文件。本项目通过考察既是公民权利承担者又是公共安全威胁的类别，有助于我们对罪犯监管的理解。结果将与政策和法律领域的人员、受害者和罪犯权益倡导者以及心理健康专业人员分享，以便于思考。

Science, Policy and Crime: A Case StudyThis project investigates the historical construction of the sex offender category through the interplay between crime control and the science of mental health. By analyzing discourses from the legislative, legal, and scientific domains from the late 1960s through the 1990s, the research examines categorization as both the condition for and the effect of the registration of offenders, as enacted in the 1990s in the United States. Intellectual merit The dissertation examines the following three questions: (1) what constitutes the offender category and how has it changed?; (2) what are the means by which facts constitutive of the target category have been established?; and (3) how did politics and knowledge interact to make possible the operation of offender registries as a significant security measure? The dissertation draws on (1) governmental documents regarding regulations, and major materials produced by non-governmental organizations and individuals involved in the policy processes; (2) the work of psychiatrists and psychologists who have been active and influential in the academic and policy areas; and (3) court opinions and related documents for significant criminal cases.Broader impact This project contributes to our understanding of offender regulation by examining the category as at once a bearer of civil rights and a threat to public safety. Results will be shared with those in the policy and legal areas, victim and offender advocates, and mental health professionals, in order to facilitate reflection.