RT Article
T1 Human rights law as social control
JF European journal of criminology
VO 18
IS 4
SP 603
OP 619
A1 Johnson, Paul
A2 Falcetta, Silvia
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764063848
AB Criminologists have long used the concept of social control to consider the ways in which societies respond to individuals or groups regarded as deviant or problematic. Although it is generally recognized that law and its enforcement is a cornerstone of social control, there is very little research on how human rights law might fulfil a social control function. Through an examination of a purposive sample of cases adjudicated by the European Court of Human Rights, we show how human rights law can facilitate forms of upward, inward and downward social control in contemporary societies. Our overall conclusion is that human rights law enables, produces and shapes contemporary practices of social control, often with significant and far-reaching consequences.
K1 Council of Europe
K1 European Convention on Human Rights
K1 European Court of Human Rights
K1 human rights law
K1 Social Control
DO 10.1177/1477370819874441