The Rise of the Public Voice, the Victims' Movement and the Mass Media
The Rise of the Public Voice, the Victims' Movement and the Mass Media
In recent years, there has been considerable criminological debate among academics, practitioners and penal reformers about the role that the public should play in shaping criminal justice policy. Central to this are concerns that a punitive public, fed on distorted and sensationalist crime reports by the popular press, have been the driving force behind the penal excess that has characterised the last three decades of policy- making. Political parties, eager to secure electoral success, have sought to ‘out- tough’ each other on law and order, and in so doing have ushered in a new period of expressive, retributive justice. Pivotal to this development has been the rise of the victim as a major stakeholder in the criminal justice system, and the seeming privileging of those who claim to represent or speak on the victim’s behalf.
Criminology, Criminal Justice, Victimology, Victims Groups, Political Economy, Public Voice, Public Policy, Social Policy, Politics, Policy Making, Mass media, Pressure Groups
121-143
Hamerton, Christopher
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Hobbs, Suzanne
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22 April 2014
Hamerton, Christopher
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Hobbs, Suzanne
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Hamerton, Christopher and Hobbs, Suzanne
(2014)
The Rise of the Public Voice, the Victims' Movement and the Mass Media.
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The Making of Criminal Justice Policy.
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Abingdon.
Routledge, .
(doi:10.4324/9781315798080).
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In recent years, there has been considerable criminological debate among academics, practitioners and penal reformers about the role that the public should play in shaping criminal justice policy. Central to this are concerns that a punitive public, fed on distorted and sensationalist crime reports by the popular press, have been the driving force behind the penal excess that has characterised the last three decades of policy- making. Political parties, eager to secure electoral success, have sought to ‘out- tough’ each other on law and order, and in so doing have ushered in a new period of expressive, retributive justice. Pivotal to this development has been the rise of the victim as a major stakeholder in the criminal justice system, and the seeming privileging of those who claim to represent or speak on the victim’s behalf.
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Published date: 22 April 2014
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Criminology, Criminal Justice, Victimology, Victims Groups, Political Economy, Public Voice, Public Policy, Social Policy, Politics, Policy Making, Mass media, Pressure Groups
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