Punitive turn and justice cascade: Mutual inspiration from Punishment and Society and human rights literatures

This essay compares punishment and society scholarship, especially on the punitive turn of recent decades, with work on the punishment of grave offenses against human rights norms, especially the justice cascade. It compares trends and literatures along six analytic dimensions: offending, group conf...

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Main Author: Savelsberg, Joachim Josef (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
In: Punishment & society
Year: 2018, Volume: 20, Issue: 1, Pages: 73-91
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Keywords:
Criminal Punishment
Culture
Human Rights
Institutions
Inter-group conflict
Justice cascade
Penal entrepreneurs
Power
Punitive turn
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Summary:This essay compares punishment and society scholarship, especially on the punitive turn of recent decades, with work on the punishment of grave offenses against human rights norms, especially the justice cascade. It compares trends and literatures along six analytic dimensions: offending, group conflict and power asymmetries, penal entrepreneurs, cultural receptivity, institutional constraints, and feedback loops from punishment to structure and culture. While indicating how both sides can benefit from overcoming the current disconnect, this article focuses on potential inspiration for punishment and society scholarship.
ISSN:1741-3095
DOI:10.1177/1462474517737049