Managing the Risk of Living: Life Imprisonment, the Medical Gaze and the Construction of the Paroled Body
Drawing on Israeli life-sentence parole hearings, we argue that release decisions are centred on the body, not the soul. The board employs a ‘medical gaze’ that dissects the paroled body by magnifying the applicant’s dying body and narrowing the gaze to evaluate the days left to live. A new risk eme...
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| Language: | English |
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2024
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The British journal of criminology
Year: 2024, Volume: 64, Issue: 6, Pages: 1428-1444 |
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