Researching Emotion in Courts and the Judiciary: A Tale of Two Projects

Anleu, Sharyn Roach; Blix, Stina Bergman; Mack, Kathy

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“…(cf. Roach Anleu and Mack ; Roach Anleu, Bergman Blix and Mack )). Judicial identity is generated through social interaction.…”

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Reducing Prison Sentencing Through Pre‐Sentence Reports? Why the Quasi‐Market Logic of ‘Selling Alternatives to Custody’ Fails

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2018

Howard J Crime Justice

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A central aim of successive generations of penal reformers and governments has been to reduce the use of imprisonment in relatively less serious cases. In their various guises, pre‐sentence reports (PSRs) have been a key vehicle to promote non‐custodial ‘alternatives’ to the judicial sentencer. Yet, after decades of pursuing this strategy, a significant reduction in prison sentencing remains elusive. This article suggests that the failure of this policy strategy is, at least in part, rooted in its quasi‐market logic. It tends to construct the judicial sentencer as a metaphorical consumer in a penal marketplace, to whom the report writer must convincingly ‘sell alternatives’ to custody. Applying and developing theories of consumption as a cultural practice, it is proposed that, by its very nature, a consumerist model is bound to fail to deliver penal reduction.

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“…(cf. Roach Anleu and Mack ; Roach Anleu, Bergman Blix and Mack )). Judicial identity is generated through social interaction.…”

Section: Consuming Reportsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reducing Prison Sentencing Through Pre‐Sentence Reports? Why the Quasi‐Market Logic of ‘Selling Alternatives to Custody’ Fails

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2018

Howard J Crime Justice

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“…4 A majority of articles were written by authors within a single country, with the USA (116), the UK (40), Australia (32) and Germany (8) leading the tally. Only 10 articles (see Bellocchi et al, 2014;Harding and Pribram, 2004;Moon et al, 2009;Roach Anleu et al, 2015) were the result of cross-country collaboration (Australia-USA, 4; Australia-Sweden, 1; UK-USA, 1; USA-Canada-Germany, 3; USA-South Korea, 1). Dots in Figure 3 Note: There were 124 methods reported across 101 separate studies, with 19 of these studies reporting the use of two methods, and four of these studies reporting the use of three methods.…”

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The sociology of emotions: A meta-reflexive review of a theoretical tradition in flux

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Patulny

2017

Journal of Sociology

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Based in a novel 'meta-reflexive' review of sociology of emotions (SoE) articles, we suggest that there are two primary SoE theoretical traditions that function within geographic silos: the USA is distinctly social psychological, while in the UK and Australia, SoE is more aligned with the humanities. In both traditions, parallel calls are emerging for interdisciplinarity and further engagement with physiological and pre-personal elements of emotion. Based in Archer's and Bourdieu's concepts of reflexivity, we assert the merits of reflexively examining SoE, and then identify key changes in SoE that have emerged across time and geography. Using Kuhn's work on paradigm shifts, we conclude that SoE is entering a stage of growth and change, and raise important questions about the subdiscipline's future direction.

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“… 12. Discussions regarding courtroom ethnography may be found in other literature (Bergman Blix and Wettergren 2015; Paik and Harris 2015; Blanck 1987b; Emerson 1969; Roach Anleu, Bergman Blix, and Mack 2015). …”

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Doing Loyalty: Defense Lawyers’ Subtle Dramas in the Courtroom

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2016

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

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The courtroom work of defense lawyers has received surprisingly little sociological attention. What does a defense lawyer actually do in court? How do defense lawyers represent their client beyond the hard paragraphs of the law? By studying this phenomenon in a context where the scope for expressive gestures is limited, it is possible to gain a greater understanding into the often subtle ways in which legal teamwork is performed. This article draws on ethnographic field notes from courtrooms in Sweden to explore how defense lawyers, who have taken an oath to loyally represent clients, do this using (1) little dramatic productions, (2) little dramatic reductions, and (3) directions of teammates. These strategies are found to involve the use of props and the body in order to perform vicarious face-saving practices necessary to maintain professional face and teamface and to manage face threats. Each of these strategies reproduce and reinforce the emotional regime of the courtroom. A Goffmanian framework is used to show how emotions are managed in the courtroom in order to conform to the emotional regime. The findings therefore show how defense lawyers not only represent their clients juridically but also interactionally and introduces the new term "little dramatic reductions," which is also relevant to other professions involving loyalty and teamwork.

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Researching Emotion in Courts and the Judiciary: A Tale of Two Projects

Cited by 28 publications

References 25 publications

Reducing Prison Sentencing Through Pre‐Sentence Reports? Why the Quasi‐Market Logic of ‘Selling Alternatives to Custody’ Fails

Reducing Prison Sentencing Through Pre‐Sentence Reports? Why the Quasi‐Market Logic of ‘Selling Alternatives to Custody’ Fails

The sociology of emotions: A meta-reflexive review of a theoretical tradition in flux

Doing Loyalty: Defense Lawyers’ Subtle Dramas in the Courtroom

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