Joint enterprise (JE) is an extraordinary legal device deployed to punish and (re)produce those who are frequently presented as threatening the normative boundaries of the British state. In acknowledging the global relevance of over-representation and the use of collective punishment, this paper presents the accounts of prisoners who have been convicted under JE laws across England and Wales. Analysis reveals a particular process of criminalisation through police and crown prosecution teams’ construction of the ‘gang’ narrative in courtrooms to drive the disproportionate punishment of members of negatively racialised communities. Of concern, the findings reveal that young Black men in particular are at risk of being convicted and punished for offences they did not commit. This paper empirically demonstrates how such racial injustice originates from a series of targeted and criminalising policies and practices.

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在可疑社区中（再）制造内疚：种族化在企业联合起诉中的中心地位

联合企业 (JE) 是一种非凡的法律手段，用于惩罚和（重新）生产那些经常被视为威胁英国国家规范边界的人。为了承认过度代表和使用集体惩罚的全球相关性，本文介绍了根据英格兰和威尔士的乙脑法律被定罪的囚犯的情况。分析揭示了通过警察和皇家检察团队在法庭上构建“帮派”叙事来推动对负面种族化社区成员的不成比例惩罚的特定刑事定罪过程。令人担忧的是，调查结果显示，年轻的黑人男性尤其有可能因为他们没有犯下的罪行而被定罪和惩罚。