Pub Date : 2022-01-02DOI: 10.1080/10282580.2021.2018655
Linda Mussell, J. Piché, Kevin Walby, Lisa Guenther
ABSTRACT This paper explores a case study of the struggle over the cultural meanings of charity and imprisonment related to United Way’s 2019 Rockin’ The Big House fundraising concert in partnership with Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) and the City of Kingston at Kingston Penitentiary. Contributing to literature at the intersection of penality, prison tourism, and the charitable sector, we examine how staging authenticity and fostering penal spectatorship were central to driving ticket sales for and encouraging enjoyment at the concert held on the grounds of Canada’s first penitentiary. Based on an analysis of internal government records and CSC communications with United Way, we demonstrate how event planning and advertising relied on denigrating stereotypes regarding criminalized persons. Highlighting the value of collective organizing, action research, and newsmaking interventions aimed at opposing carceral enjoyments, we illustrate how cultural meanings of penality can be confronted as a means to advance abolitionist politics.
本文探讨了联合之路与加拿大惩教署(CSC)和金斯敦市在金斯敦监狱合作举办的2019年Rockin ' the Big House筹款音乐会有关慈善和监禁文化意义的斗争。在刑罚、监狱旅游和慈善部门的交叉点上，我们为文学做出贡献，我们研究了在加拿大第一所监狱举行的音乐会中，舞台真实性和培养刑罚观众是如何推动门票销售和鼓励享受的。基于对政府内部记录和CSC与联合劝募协会的沟通的分析，我们展示了活动策划和广告是如何依赖于对犯罪人员的诋毁刻板印象的。强调集体组织的价值，行动研究，以及旨在反对死刑享受的新闻干预，我们说明了如何将惩罚的文化意义作为推进废除主义政治的手段来面对。
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Pub Date : 2022-01-02DOI: 10.1080/10282580.2022.2028141
Jacquelynn Doyon-Martin, Ayris Gonzalez
ABSTRACT Recent data suggest that recidivism rates remain dismal within United States correctional systems, with a significant majority of justice-impacted persons experiencing re-arrest following release. As a result, correctional systems across the nation are looking to implement more effective programming to increase positive outcomes both during and after incarceration. One method that has demonstrated rehabilitative impacts both during and following incarceration for inmates – as well as staff and facility benefits – is the use of Prison-Based Dog Training Programs (PBDPs) in carceral settings. Several studies have identified the need for more empirical research on PBDPs, and thus this research assesses the perceived impacts of a non-profit PBDP hosted by four prisons in the midwestern United States. Secondary data analysis of qualitative, subjective survey responses is used to evaluate the impacts of a non-profit, Service Animal Socialization program, as reported by participants (n = 97). In what is a larger sample size for carceral programming, findings suggest myriad perceived benefits and skills that are otherwise difficult to garner in carceral settings. Both perceived facility-wide benefits and personal benefits were reported by participants at all four locations, as were hard- and soft-skill development. Empowerment theory is utilized to interpret the findings.
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Pub Date : 2021-12-27DOI: 10.1080/10282580.2021.2018654
Reza Barmaki
ABSTRACT ‘Restorative justice’ (RJ) has been a popular notion in Canada. A common belief has been that ‘‘western approaches’ to RJ are compatible with that of Canada’s Aboriginals. I hold a different position. I argue that the religious beliefs of Canada’s Aboriginals are basic to their understanding of RJ. As such, their view of RJ is essentially incompatible with western approaches, which are secular. Any similarity between the two is only an apparent one produced by the indiscriminate uses of similar terms such as ‘holistic’, ‘healing’ or ‘restoration’. I support my argument by providing an account of Canada’s largest Aboriginal group’s view of RJ: the Cree. I demonstrate that it is based on certain religious principles that are absent from western approaches to RJ. As such, it is fundamentally incompatible with secular western approaches to RJ in Canada. These religious principles, basically and broadly speaking, are shared by all Aboriginal groups in Canada.
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Pub Date : 2021-12-07DOI: 10.1080/10282580.2021.2009816
Matthew G. Yeager, Matthew Chappelle
ABSTRACT The issue of overloaded, and backlogged courts is not new. Despite the 2016 Supreme Court of Canada R. v. Jordan ruling which set a “presumptive ceiling” of 18 months for summary and 30 months for indictable cases respectively, the issue can be traced back decades before. In particular, the Supreme Court of Canada has intervened three other times on the issue of unreasonable delays, and the corresponding section of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (section 11 (b)). Despite these interventions, the underlying problems which cause court delays remain unaddressed. As a result, new solutions to this persistent problem ought to be considered. This article aims to explore whether or not restorative justice (RJ) is a feasible alternative. In particular, RJ appears to be more efficient, cost less, and result in lower levels of recidivism and higher levels of satisfaction among participants. Despite these benefits, it will be argued that RJ is unlikely to be considered for broader use in Canada due to the political landscape and prevailing beliefs among Canadians regarding punitive punishments. Changes to the Criminal Code might help rectify this dilemma.
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Pub Date : 2021-10-21DOI: 10.1080/10282580.2021.1995719
D. Littman, S. Sliva, Jeffrey Lin
ABSTRACT Prisons are physically separated from society. As a result, the public has little contact with incarcerated people, and few avenues for understanding their lived experiences. Our evaluation draws upon construal level theory – the idea that the more concrete something becomes, the more psychological proximity we perceive – to consider whether attending a virtual prison arts event may foster psychological proximity to incarcerated individuals and issues of incarceration among the general public. Further, we consider whether increased psychological proximity is associated with shifts in attitudes towards, and intentions to act regarding, issues of incarceration. We found that attendees (N = 142) who had been inside prisons previously had higher levels of psychological proximity at pretest. All attendees demonstrated significant increases in psychological proximity between pretest and posttest; attendees who had not visited prisons previously experienced greater changes. Increases in psychological proximity were predictive of changes in attitudes and intended behaviors. Our findings foreground the need for research which explores what kinds of events, and for whom, these effects are most impactful. Lastly, we suggest that policymakers and practitioners consider virtual gatherings and arts events as a cost-effective, yet meaningful, way to bridge the gap between incarcerated people and communities.
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Pub Date : 2021-10-02DOI: 10.1080/10282580.2021.1995718
C. Burke
ABSTRACT Recent scholarly attention has focused on the possibilities of using restorative justice to address campus sexual harm. Scholars and advocates have noted gaps in current responses to campus sexual harm, highlighting restorative justice as an additional approach to better address the needs of survivors and more fully achieve accountability. Organizational change scholarship suggests engaging key stakeholders to examine the readiness of an institution to embrace change. One notable gap in the literature is the application of an organizational readiness framework in the context of restorative justice to address campus sexual harm. Through two phases of interviews with a total of five participants, this exploratory study fills that gap by identifying markers of readiness for restorative justice to address campus sexual harm and applying those markers to gauge one university’s readiness for restorative justice. This study identifies philosophical, practical, and external considerations relevant to readiness for restorative justice. This research also notes markers in need of further development at one university, discussing ways that those markers of readiness can be improved, as well as directions for future research.
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Pub Date : 2021-09-26DOI: 10.1080/10282580.2021.1981135
Kevin Revier
ABSTRACT Courtroom media is a longstanding genre of news and entertainment, in radio, film, television, and print. Digital streaming platforms such as YouTube, which boasts over 2 billion users, have become a prominent source of courtroom content. In this research, I examine popularized YouTube sentencing clips: fairly short videos (often no more than a few minutes) which generally include a sentence-reaction formula, have little context (case, social, or individual), and are digitally shared, edited, and distributed online, primarily by news outlets and private channels. Specifically, I conduct a frame analysis of 53 sentencing clips from United States’ courtrooms. I find that sentencing clips reinforce dominant punitive justice frames, including justice-as-retribution, justice-as-victim-advocacy, and justice-as-entertainment. Moreover, as the majority of clips feature defendants sentenced for violent acts, including sexual assault, murder, and child abuse, they depict the ‘worst of the worst’ being brought to justice. Thus, in a time of criminal justice reform, of which there has been popular concern regarding the ‘relatively innocent,’ the criminal bogeyman remains alive and well on digital media platforms like YouTube. Punitive frames associated with the ‘worst of the worst,’ in turn, reinforce a punishment paradigm constitutive of contemporary U.S. criminal justice as a whole.
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Pub Date : 2021-08-22DOI: 10.1080/10282580.2021.1969522
C. Vincent, J. Inglish, E. Girvan, Mark J. Van Ryzin, Rita Svanks, Shareen Springer, Allison Ivey
ABSTRACT We report findings from a recent field test assessing the feasibility of training teachers in implementing restorative practices within a multi-tiered approach to supporting student behavior. First, we provide an overview of our training content, training delivery, and follow-up coaching. Second, we present overall outcomes from our field test with three non-traditional high schools. Results indicated improvements in overall school-wide implementation of restorative consequences, and gains in teacher use of existing discipline approaches as well as restorative practices. Results also indicated increases in early adopters’ confidence level with motivating students and engaging them in appropriate behavior across the duration of the study. Challenges associated with implementation included aligning administrative commitments to restorative practices with individual teachers' willingness to change classroom practices, allocating sufficient time to change policies and practices and overcoming logistical challenges to maximize coaching benefits. Finally, we discuss our field test findings within the current recommendations for advancing the evidence-based supporting restorative practices in schools.
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Pub Date : 2021-08-18DOI: 10.1080/10282580.2021.1967150
Sutham Cheurprakobkit, Seksan Khruakham
ABSTRACT In response to recent issues of prison overcrowding (over 300,000 inmates in prisons with only 110,000 capacity) and court case overloading, Thailand has implemented the conflict resolution practice, including enacting a new law on dispute mediation, as a community justice alternative to reduce cases and prevent them from going into the main criminal justice system. No empirical research has yet been conducted in Thailand to examine the current forms and status of these conflict resolution mechanisms and problems facing the implementation process. Researchers collected qualitative data by interviewing 16 experts and conducting a focus group with 23 experts. The study’s findings revealed five existing mechanisms on conflict resolution across the country, two of which were recently established thanks to the Dispute Mediation Act of 2019. While the study’s findings identified many issues facing the implementation of the conflict resolution process, the main ones were the lack of trained personnel, the lack of adequate data management, insufficient operating budget, and the absence of public awareness and public confidence.
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