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The thrill of the chase : punishment, hostility, and the prison crisis

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Chamberlen, Anastasia and Carvalho, Henrique (2019) The thrill of the chase : punishment, hostility, and the prison crisis. Social and Legal Studies, 28 (1). pp. 100-117. doi:10.1177/0964663918759820

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/0964663918759820

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Abstract

This article offers one of the first analyses of the current and ongoing crisis affecting English and Welsh prisons and of recent proposals for prison reform. The article pits the impression of novelty surrounding the current framework of incarceration against the notion promoted by critical scholarship that the nexus between crisis and reform is not new. Building on this debate, we deploy an original theoretical perspective, grounded on the concept of hostile solidarity, to argue that the promise of prison reform is an essential aspect of the utility ascribed to punishment, which allows the prison to be perpetually preserved and seen as unquestionably necessary, even when in crisis. The article concludes by suggesting that our emotional attachment and contemporary reliance on punishment, and its manifestation in the perpetuation and expansion of institutions like the prison, are ultimately self-defeating and self-propelling.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law
Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Prisons -- England -- Research, Prisons -- Wales -- Research, Prisons -- Law and legislation, Prisons -- Social aspects
Journal or Publication Title: Social and Legal Studies
Publisher: Sage
ISSN: 0964-6639
Official Date: 1 February 2019
Dates:
DateEvent
1 February 2019Published
26 February 2018Available
26 January 2018Accepted
Volume: 28
Number: 1
Page Range: pp. 100-117
DOI: 10.1177/0964663918759820
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access

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