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Respect And Criminal Justice Offers The First Sustained Examination Of 'respect' In Criminal Justice In England And Wales, Where The Value Is Elusive But Of Persisting Significance. Advancing A Critique Of The 'respect Deficit' In Policing And Imprisonment, The Book Is Concerned With The Ways In Which Both Institutions Are Merely Constrained And Not Characterised By Respect. It Emerges That They Appeal To The Word 'respect' - Relying On Its -inclusive Ethos In Official Discourse When It Is Expedient To Do So - But Rarely And Only Superficially Address The Prior Question Of What It Is To Respect And Be Respected. The Result Is That Respect Is More Akin To A Slogan Than A Foundational Value Of Criminal Justice Practice. The Book Will Be Of Interest To Academics And Students Across The Humanities And Social Sciences And Especially In Law, Criminal Justice, And Philosophy, As Well As Criminal Justice Practitioners And Policymakers.
This book investigates the conceptual ambiguity and practical application of 'respect' within the criminal justice system of England and Wales. Gabrielle Watson, an academic in the field of law and criminal justice, utilizes a critical framework to analyze how policing and imprisonment institutions utilize the rhetoric of respect. She argues that while these institutions frequently invoke the term in official discourse, they fail to integrate it as a foundational value, resulting in a systemic 'respect deficit.'
What You Will Find
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Experts identify this work as a significant contribution to legal philosophy and the sociology of punishment. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose, which is tailored for scholars, students, and policy practitioners interested in the intersection of ethics and institutional practice.
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Publication Date:
2020-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford ; Oxford University Press,
ISBN-10:
0192569791
ISBN-13:
9780192569790
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