RT Article
T1 A de-civilizing reversal or system normal?: rising lethal violence in post-recession austerity United Kingdom
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 59
IS 4
SP 862
OP 878
A1 Ellis, Anthony
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1668006766
AB This article offers incipient theoretical analysis and reflections on the recent rises in lethal violence recorded in the United Kingdom. The rises have attracted considerable media attention, with the more informed discussions drawing plausible causal associations between rising lethal violence and the policy context of austerity. Criminology, however, has been relatively silent so far on the recent rises and this potential association. In response, this article attempts to stimulate debate by critically considering the utility of one of the most widely cited theoretical frameworks in the study of historical patterns of violence in the western nations: the ‘civilizing process’. The article then moves on to consider the applicability of insights from the incipient ultra-realist criminological perspective. The article suggests that the ultra-realist concept of the ‘pseudo-pacification process’ provides a useful means of furthering our understanding of these rises in the current socioeconomic context of post-crash capitalism.
K1 Violence
K1 Austerity
K1 Homicide
K1 Civilizing process
K1 Pseudo-pacification
K1 Ultra realism
K1 Einsparungen
K1 Tödliche Gewalt
K1 Zunahme
K1 Anstieg
K1 United Kingdom
K1 Großbritannien
DO 10.1093/bjc/azz001