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The Victim as Policy Agent? Exploring a Single Case from Denmark
European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research ( IF 1.6 ) Pub Date : 2020-08-27 , DOI: 10.1007/s10610-020-09457-0
Ida Helene Asmussen 1 , Lin Adrian 1 , Lars Holmberg 1 , Louise Victoria Johansen 1
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Criminal policy processes often appear abstract and illusive, but sometimes a single criminal incident causes traceable policy impact. This article is about such an incident. A victim of a grave, violent assault published an opinion piece in a national newspaper, which sparked considerable public debate and policy actions. Some policy actions were new, and others had previously been proposed but repeatedly discarded. Based on an empirical study of the victim’s opinion piece, the ensuing media debate, and subsequent policy actions, we explore why and how certain victim’s stories capture their audience and strike a responsive chord in the public and in politicians. In the article, we analyze how the victim presents the incident as a narrative, and we identify the central features of the media debate and trace its visible impact on victim policies and legislation. We explore how some elements of the story are silenced in the political aftermath and how other elements serve as capital for politicians in pursuing their own agendas. A closer look at the policy changes in the wake of this opinion piece reveals that the story legitimizes certain political decisions and ignores victims’ desire for structural changes. Our study adds to research of “political agenda setting” by investigating the narrative power of an individual case on policy-making and by exhibiting the complex interplay between an individual story, media attention, and policy-making.



中文翻译:

受害者作为政策代理人?探索丹麦的单一案例

刑事政策过程往往显得抽象和虚幻,但有时单一的刑事事件会导致可追溯的政策影响。这篇文章就是关于这样一个事件的。一名严重暴力袭击的受害者在一家全国性报纸上发表了一篇评论文章,引发了相当多的公众辩论和政策行动。一些政策行动是新的,而其他政策行动以前曾提出过,但一再被抛弃。基于对受害者的意见、随后的媒体辩论和随后的政策行动的实证研究,我们探讨了某些受害者的故事为什么以及如何吸引他们的听众,并在公众和政界人士中引起共鸣。在文章中,我们分析了受害者如何将事件呈现为叙事,我们确定了媒体辩论的核心特征,并追踪其对受害者政策和立法的明显影响。我们探讨了故事的某些元素如何在政治后果中被压制,以及其他元素如何成为政治家追求自己议程的资本。仔细观察这篇评论文章之后的政策变化会发现,这个故事使某些政治决定合法化,并忽视了受害者对结构变化的渴望。我们的研究通过调查个别案例对政策制定的叙述力,并通过展示个人故事、媒体关注和政策制定之间的复杂相互作用,增加了对“政治议程设置”的研究。我们探讨了故事的某些元素如何在政治后果中被压制,以及其他元素如何成为政治家追求自己议程的资本。仔细观察这篇评论文章之后的政策变化会发现,这个故事使某些政治决定合法化,并忽视了受害者对结构变化的渴望。我们的研究通过调查个别案例对政策制定的叙述力,并通过展示个人故事、媒体关注和政策制定之间的复杂相互作用,增加了对“政治议程设置”的研究。我们探讨了故事的某些元素如何在政治后果中被压制,以及其他元素如何成为政治家追求自己议程的资本。仔细观察这篇评论文章之后的政策变化会发现,这个故事使某些政治决定合法化,并忽视了受害者对结构变化的渴望。我们的研究通过调查个别案例对政策制定的叙述力,并通过展示个人故事、媒体关注和政策制定之间的复杂相互作用,增加了对“政治议程设置”的研究。

更新日期:2020-08-27
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