RT Article
T1 Hidden in plain sight: Architectures of community corrections as public secret
JF Probation journal
VO 67
IS 2
SP 137
OP 159
A1 Shah, Rita
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1761881191
AB Public secrets are the information the public chooses to keep from itself. Architecture is required to both house and operate these secrets. Community sanctions are arguably a public secret. This study analyses the most visible aspects of community sanctions, probation and parole offices, to understand whether and how their architectural features help keep the system hidden. By analysing photographs of such offices, I argue that not only do the building features help maintain community corrections as a public secret, but they also keep the systems secret from the public. I also argue that keeping the offices intentionally obscured may also impact how those under supervision are viewed by the general public.
K1 Architecture
K1 Community Corrections
K1 Invisibility
K1 Openness
K1 Parole
K1 Probation
K1 Visual methods
DO 10.1177/0264550520911963