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

科学、政策和犯罪：个案研究本项目通过犯罪控制与心理健康科学之间的相互作用，调查性犯罪者类别的历史建构。通过分析20世纪60年代末至90年代的立法、法律和科学领域的话语，本研究考察了分类作为罪犯登记的条件和效果，如20世纪90年代在美国颁布的。本文研究了以下三个问题：(1)什么构成了违法者类别，它是如何变化的？(2)构成目标范畴的事实是通过什么手段确立的？(3)政治和知识如何相互作用，使罪犯登记作为一项重要的安全措施的运作成为可能？本论文借鉴了：(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制作的主要材料；(2)在学术和政策领域具有活跃和影响力的精神病学家和心理学家的工作；（三）重大刑事案件的法院意见书和有关文件。更广泛的影响本项目有助于我们对违法者监管的理解，通过检查这一类别，既是公民权利的承担者，又是公共安全的威胁。结果将与政策和法律领域的人、受害者和罪犯的辩护人以及心理健康专业人员分享，以便促进反思。

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.