‘Setting a good example for the ladies’: example setting as a technique of penal reform in specialized prostitution court

This article identifies and examines example setting as a penal technique of reform in one specialized prostitution court in Illinois. Drawing on court observation, I show how informal court practices materialize into visual and verbal narratives designed to valorize defendants who are benefitting f...

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Main Author: Singh, Rashmee (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
In: The British journal of criminology
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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