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Subverting the prison: the incarceration of stigmatised older Japanese
International Journal of Law in Context ( IF 1.170 ) Pub Date : 2021-10-11 , DOI: 10.1017/s1744552321000422 Carol Lawson 1
International Journal of Law in Context ( IF 1.170 ) Pub Date : 2021-10-11 , DOI: 10.1017/s1744552321000422 Carol Lawson 1
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This paper examines the presence of lonely, isolated and impoverished older citizens in Japan's prison population, many of whom have turned to petty crime only recently and arguably lack a genuine need for corrective services. The paper offers empirical evidence drawn from a mixed-methods study that appears to confirm their compliant, ‘law-abiding’ attributes. It argues that their influx into prisons can be seen, at least in part, as citizens who are already socially excluded and stigmatised leveraging law to assert an additional risk-laden and stigmatised identity, which provides protection. The outcome is the subversion of prisons as de facto aged-care communities. This analysis resonates with an emerging body of literature that Chua and Engel (2018; 2019) have described as the ‘Identity’ school of legal-consciousness scholarship. This literature centres on empirical studies of marginalised cohorts who leverage legal structures to embrace an identity that complicates their stigma while providing desired protections.
中文翻译:
颠覆监狱:监禁受污名化的老日本人
本文研究了日本监狱人口中孤独、孤立和贫困的老年人的存在,其中许多人最近才转向轻微犯罪,并且可以说缺乏对矫正服务的真正需求。该论文提供了从混合方法研究中得出的经验证据,该研究似乎证实了它们的合规、“守法”属性。它认为,他们涌入监狱,至少部分可以看作是已经被社会排斥和污名化的公民,他们利用法律主张额外的风险和污名化身份,从而提供保护。结果是监狱被颠覆为事实上的老年护理社区。这一分析与 Chua 和 Engel (2018; 2019) 描述为法律意识学术的“身份”学派的新兴文学体产生了共鸣。
更新日期:2021-10-11
中文翻译:
颠覆监狱:监禁受污名化的老日本人
本文研究了日本监狱人口中孤独、孤立和贫困的老年人的存在,其中许多人最近才转向轻微犯罪,并且可以说缺乏对矫正服务的真正需求。该论文提供了从混合方法研究中得出的经验证据,该研究似乎证实了它们的合规、“守法”属性。它认为,他们涌入监狱,至少部分可以看作是已经被社会排斥和污名化的公民,他们利用法律主张额外的风险和污名化身份,从而提供保护。结果是监狱被颠覆为事实上的老年护理社区。这一分析与 Chua 和 Engel (2018; 2019) 描述为法律意识学术的“身份”学派的新兴文学体产生了共鸣。