"Criminals, We're Coming": Costumed Crime-Fighter Legal Consciousness and Punishment Philosophies in Movement-Produced New Media

M. Aiello
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I examine the constructions of costumed crime-fighting reflected in ‘Phoenix’s Journal,’ a blog describing the efforts of a group called the Rain City Superhero Movement (RCSM). The RCSM blog provides a self-produced portrait of the group, allowing for analysis of this critical case of vigilantism within their cultivated domain. The theoretical framework of legal consciousness guides a qualitative and ethnographic content analysis exploring two research questions concerning the punishment philosophies of the RCSM, and how costumed crime-fighters use the law to frame their behavior. The RCSM blog indicates a fundamental tension between the members as vigilantes, incapacitating threats to the public, and their role as participants in a larger phenomenon of community crime prevention. The online presence of the RCSM suggests a disinclination to punish beyond incapacitation, as well as portraying these costumed crime fighters as mainly operating within the constraints of the law.
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“罪犯,我们来了”:运动产生的新媒体中的犯罪斗士装束、法律意识与惩罚哲学
我研究了“凤凰日报”(Phoenix ' s Journal)中反映的服装打击犯罪的结构,这个博客描述了一个名为“雨城超级英雄运动”(RCSM)的组织所做的努力。RCSM的部落格提供了这个团体的自创肖像,让我们可以分析这个在他们所培养的领域内的警戒主义的关键案例。法律意识的理论框架指导了定性和民族志内容分析,探讨了两个关于皇家骑警惩罚哲学的研究问题,以及穿着制服的犯罪分子如何利用法律来规范他们的行为。RCSM的部落格指出,成员作为义务警员,对公众造成威胁,与他们作为社区预防犯罪的参与者,两者之间存在根本的紧张关系。RCSM在网上的存在表明,他们不愿意惩罚那些失去行为能力的人,也把这些穿着制服的打击犯罪的人描绘成主要在法律约束下行动的人。
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