“To Wander Off in Shame”: Deconstructing the Shaming and Shameful Arrest Policies of Urban Police Departments in Their Treatment of Persons with Mental Disabilities

Perlin, Michael L.; Lynch, Alison J.

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“…Although it may seem odd to apply the notion of “shaming” outside of interpersonal contexts, exposure and condemnation of organizational activities have often served as tools for social change in the United States and other nations, especially as various legal remedies have failed. The frequent and often casual imposings of shame‐related sanctions against individuals with mental illness (Perlin & Lynch, , p. 175) and those with health‐related housing issues (Morone, , p. 993) also demonstrate some of the cascading negative social dimensions of such sanctions, as exclusions, rejections, and other social problems are compounded over time with the awareness and even the participation of social authorities.…”

Section: Perspectives On Online Shaming Versus Incarceration or Finesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Other researchers are also raising alarms about these trends: for instance, decrying the “systematic humiliation” of certain groups of individuals in the United States (Rothbart, , p. 1). Those who have few resources to counter these efforts could be especially hurt, involving potential privacy violations (Oravec, , ) and with “already‐vulnerable individuals feeling unheard and potentially traumatized” (Perlin & Lynch, , p. 175). People who are acquaintances of those who are being shamed can also be injured by the shamings, either in empathetic response or in practical impacts (such as lowered valuations for their homes).…”

Section: The Future Of Shaming: Ubiquitous Shaming or Shame Fatigue?mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Online Social Shaming and the Moralistic Imagination: The Emergence of Internet‐Based Performative Shaming

Oravec¹

2019

Policy & Internet

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Online social shaming involves the intentional collection and dissemination of data that are potentially stigmatizing in modes that are widely accessible and in which observers (including members of the public) can often add input. This article examines changes in shaming following the advent of the widespread use of computer networking, focusing in particular on administrative systems. Many of the Internet platforms, in which such shaming‐related information is made available is either controlled by or used in governmental and agency units to perform various stated administrative or evaluatory purposes. Although many shaming contexts are inadvertent (a function of public records release), others are developed with the use of “moralistic imaginations,” with implementers and other participants inventively linking specific activities with perceived moral deficiencies within particular settings. The article outlines an assortment of “performative shaming” approaches using these platforms, with digital vigilantism (sometimes labeled as “digilantism” or “netilantism”) often involved or even fostered in some online shaming initiatives. It highlights the cases of shamings related to commonplace contexts such as school lunch money deficits and reported teacher productivity dysfunctions, as well as tax and child support delinquencies, opening questions of how everyday life activities are construed and reframed in the process.

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Section: Perspectives On Online Shaming Versus Incarceration or Finesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Future Of Shaming: Ubiquitous Shaming or Shame Fatigue?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Online Social Shaming and the Moralistic Imagination: The Emergence of Internet‐Based Performative Shaming

Oravec¹

2019

Policy & Internet

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“Life's hurried tangled road”: A therapeutic jurisprudence analysis of why dedicated counsel must be assigned to represent persons with mental disabilities in community settings

Lynch

Perlin

2017

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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The right to counsel is a fundamental right for individuals facing criminal processes and involuntary civil commitment. However, individuals with serious mental illnesses are subject to many community proceedings (e.g., being taken by law enforcement to a crisis drop-off center) where counsel is not available. We argue that, unless meaningful counsel is provided in such situations, the cycle of arrest, hospitalization, and stays in the community will continue for these individuals, who are among some of the most disenfranchised citizens in the nation and are often without any meaningful voice.

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“To Wander Off in Shame”: Deconstructing the Shaming and Shameful Arrest Policies of Urban Police Departments in Their Treatment of Persons with Mental Disabilities

Cited by 2 publications

References 23 publications

Online Social Shaming and the Moralistic Imagination: The Emergence of Internet‐Based Performative Shaming

Online Social Shaming and the Moralistic Imagination: The Emergence of Internet‐Based Performative Shaming

“Life's hurried tangled road”: A therapeutic jurisprudence analysis of why dedicated counsel must be assigned to represent persons with mental disabilities in community settings

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