Putting the ‘mass’ in ‘mass supervision’: a conceptual analysis

This chapter argues that the concept of ‘mass supervision’, and indeed the concept of ‘mass incarceration’ from which it derives, is both quantitatively and qualitatively indeterminate when applied outside of the context of the US. However, the qualitative indeterminacy of mass supervision only hold...

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Main Author: Hayes, David (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
In: Punishment, probation and parole
Year: 2024, Pages: 11-30
Online Access: Volltext (doi)
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Keywords:
Strafe
Strafvollzug
Bewährung
Überwachung
mass punishment
mass production
Fordism
Foucault
Comparative criminal justice
Conceptual Analysis
Gefangenenzahlen
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Summary:This chapter argues that the concept of ‘mass supervision’, and indeed the concept of ‘mass incarceration’ from which it derives, is both quantitatively and qualitatively indeterminate when applied outside of the context of the US. However, the qualitative indeterminacy of mass supervision only holds so long as one treats the word ‘mass’ as being an analogy to mass consumption. This chapter therefore considers an alternative construction of ‘mass’ punishment in terms of mass production. Comparing the philosophies of production associated with Henry Ford and William Morris with the scholarship of Michel Foucault and Fergus McNeill reveals that mass supervision can authentically claim to be qualitatively ‘massive’, given the bespoke and one-on-one nature of traditional supervision. It is thus possible to speak coherently of ‘mass supervision’ in an international context, although this negative conception of a problem invites questions about the best solution that it generally leaves open.
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 28-30
Physical Description:Diagramm
ISBN:9781837531950
DOI:10.1108/978-1-83753-194-320231002