Class and Criminal Justice: A Courtroom Ethnography

阶级与刑事司法：法庭民族志

• 批准号: 2445377
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Sussex
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2445377
• 关键词: Class; Criminal; Justice; Courtroom; Ethnography

This project will explore the impact of class status on defendants' experiences and outcomes in thecriminal justice system. The proposed six-month ethnography of the Magistrates' Court would enableextensive observation of criminal cases affording the opportunity to analyse class dynamics at length. Ialso intend to conduct interviews with defendants, professionals and other court users on theirperceptions of class and its impact. Categorical data collection on class indicators and outcomes wouldenable cross-referencing of statistical trends against the qualitative data.Drawing on Bourdieu's (1986) theory of social class, Becker's (1963) work on 'deviance', empiricalconsiderations of class dynamics (Carlen, 1976) and the impact of neoliberal reforms (Newman & Welsh,2019), this project would examine the performance of class theory in the courtroom. Few empiricalstudies consider both class and reforms and therefore, this project could make an original contribution tothe field.

这个项目将探讨在刑事司法系统中，阶级地位对被告的经历和结果的影响。拟议的为期六个月的治安法院人种志将使人们能够广泛观察刑事案件，从而有机会详细分析阶级动态。我还打算对被告、专业人士和其他法庭使用者进行采访，了解他们对阶级的看法及其影响。关于阶级指标和结果的分类数据收集将无法将统计趋势与定性数据交叉引用。借鉴布迪厄（1986）的社会阶级理论，贝克尔（1963）关于“偏差”的工作，阶级动态的政治考虑（卡伦，1976年）和新自由主义改革的影响（纽曼和威尔士，2019年），这个项目将检查在法庭上的阶级理论的表现。很少有文献研究同时考虑阶级和改革，因此，本项目可能对该领域做出原创性贡献。