Talking Criminal Justice

Language and the Just Society

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Crimes & Criminals, Criminology
Cover of the book Talking Criminal Justice by Michael J Coyle, Taylor and Francis
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Michael J Coyle ISBN: 9781136184772
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: October 28, 2013
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Michael J Coyle
ISBN: 9781136184772
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: October 28, 2013
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

The words we use to talk about justice have an enormous impact on our everyday lives. As the first in-depth, ethnographic study of language, Talking Criminal Justice examines the speech of moral entrepreneurs to illustrate how our justice language encourages social control and punishment.

This book highlights how public discourse leaders (from both conservative and liberal sides) guide us toward justice solutions that do not align with our collectively professed value of "equal justice for all" through their language habits. This contextualized study of our justice language demonstrates the concealment of intentions with clever language use which mask justice ideologies that differ greatly from our widely espoused justice values.

By the evidence of our own words Talking Criminal Justice shows that we consistently permit and encourage the construction of people in ways which attribute motives that elicit and empower social control and punishment responses, and that make punitive public policy options acceptable.This book will be of interest to academics, students and professionals concerned with social and criminal justice, language, rhetoric and critical criminology.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

The words we use to talk about justice have an enormous impact on our everyday lives. As the first in-depth, ethnographic study of language, Talking Criminal Justice examines the speech of moral entrepreneurs to illustrate how our justice language encourages social control and punishment.

This book highlights how public discourse leaders (from both conservative and liberal sides) guide us toward justice solutions that do not align with our collectively professed value of "equal justice for all" through their language habits. This contextualized study of our justice language demonstrates the concealment of intentions with clever language use which mask justice ideologies that differ greatly from our widely espoused justice values.

By the evidence of our own words Talking Criminal Justice shows that we consistently permit and encourage the construction of people in ways which attribute motives that elicit and empower social control and punishment responses, and that make punitive public policy options acceptable.This book will be of interest to academics, students and professionals concerned with social and criminal justice, language, rhetoric and critical criminology.

More books from Taylor and Francis

Cover of the book Types of Authority in Formative Christianity and Judaism by Michael J Coyle
Cover of the book Defending Taiwan by Michael J Coyle
Cover of the book Democracy, Nationalism and Multiculturalism by Michael J Coyle
Cover of the book The Future of Publicly Funded Faith Schools by Michael J Coyle
Cover of the book The History of the Irish Famine by Michael J Coyle
Cover of the book Figures of Division by Michael J Coyle
Cover of the book Women's Bodies, Women's Worries by Michael J Coyle
Cover of the book Managing People by Michael J Coyle
Cover of the book Handbook of Hospitality Operations and IT by Michael J Coyle
Cover of the book Pynchon and History by Michael J Coyle
Cover of the book Politics under the Later Stuarts by Michael J Coyle
Cover of the book Spectacle in Classical Cinemas by Michael J Coyle
Cover of the book Liquid City by Michael J Coyle
Cover of the book Effective Teaching of Physical Education by Michael J Coyle
Cover of the book Teaching Music in Secondary Schools by Michael J Coyle
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy