Deborah H Drake
Biographic Data
| ID | 4076584 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Deborah H Drake |
| GIVEN NAMES | Deborah H |
| FAMILY NAME | Drake |
| SIGNATURE | DRAKE D H |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Open University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2731-3117 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Criminology and Propaganda Studies: Charting New Horizons in Criminological Thought
Criminology and propaganda studies have both substantially influenced political, public and commercial thought yet not as a co-ordinated, embedded twine. Propaganda studies identify how narratives are constructed, conveyed and embedded within public and political discourses. To enhance existing debates, this article stirs the criminological cauldron with critical insights from propaganda analyses. Criminology is an evolving crucible, a gravitatio…
Palgrave Handbook of Prison Ethnography
The Palgrave Handbook of Prison Ethnography
The Palgrave Handbook of Prison Ethnography provides an expansive overview of the challenges presented by qualitative, and particularly ethnographic, enquiry. The chapters reflect upon the means by wh
Prison Life, Sociology of: Recent Perspectives from the United Kingdom
Crossing the line’: Criminological expertise, policy advice and the ‘quarrelling society’
In October 2009, Professor David Nutt, eminent neuropsychopharmacologist and world leading expert on drugs, was dismissed as Chair of the UK government’s Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs for comments he made at the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies’ Eve Saville lecture. This article considers the role of evidence in political decision-making through the case of David Nutt. It is argued that the status of expert knowledge is in crisis fo…
Victims’ Versus ‘Offenders’ in B ritish Political Discourse: The Construction of a False Dichotomy
This article evaluates the contemporary discursive status of victims and people convicted of criminal offences. The rhetoric used by B ritish politicians to convey the meaning of ‘rights’ is explored within media output, parliamentary speech‐making and other forms of political discourse. Our analysis details how victims’ rights are sometimes advocated for at the expense of ‘offenders’ ’ rights in public discourse. Examination of parliamentary deb…
Performing the role of ethnographer: Processing and managing the emotional dimensions of prison research
This article presents a reflective account of the emotional dimensions of in-depth field research in prisons. Drawing on the work of Goffman to make sense of ethnographic processes and techniques, it is argued that performance and impression management play crucial roles in the research process. However, it is suggested that there are commensurate emotional costs associated with the roles and identities that ethnographers might enact in the field…
Researching prisoner experiences with prison officers: An action research-inspired approach
This article reports on research that incorporated action research-inspired dimensions on a project conducted in three maximum-security prisons in England. The project was aimed at collecting ethnographically informed data on prisoner experiences, at developing a method by which such data could be systematically and routinely collected by prison staff and at facilitating opportunities for prison officers to understand the ‘pains of imprisonment’ …
Prisons, Punishment and the Pursuit of Security
Drawing on research in men's long-term, maximum-security prisons, this book examines three interconnected problems: the tendency of the prison to obscure other social problems and conceal its own fail
The ‘dangerous other’ in maximum-security prisons
Drawing on data from maximum-security prisons in England, this article explores the way the representation of criminals as ‘dangerous others’ manifests in prison discourse and practice. Following Bourdieu, it is argued that within the ‘habitus of maximum-security’, prison staff become somewhat predisposed to seeing prisoners as essentialized, ‘dangerous others’ who are not ‘like us’, a perspective that is also reinforced in popular and tabloid pr…
Reconsidering Respect: Its Role in Her Majesty's Prison Service
This article examines the meaning of respect in the interpersonal relationships within Her Majesty's Prison Service. It is argued that respect‐as‐esteem and respect‐as‐consideration are often confused and unequally emphasised in modern society. This confusion is especially evident within the prison context where, due to the prison service's ‘decency agenda’, the respectful treatment of inmates has become a topical issue. What does respect mean in…
Performing the role of ethnographer: Processing and managing the emotional dimensions of prison research
This article presents a reflective account of the emotional dimensions of in-depth field research in prisons. Drawing on the work of Goffman to make sense of ethnographic processes and techniques, it is argued that performance and impression management play crucial roles in the research process. However, it is suggested that there are commensurate emotional costs associated with the roles and identities that ethnographers might enact in the field…
Researching prisoner experiences with prison officers: An action research-inspired approach
This article reports on research that incorporated action research-inspired dimensions on a project conducted in three maximum-security prisons in England. The project was aimed at collecting ethnographically informed data on prisoner experiences, at developing a method by which such data could be systematically and routinely collected by prison staff and at facilitating opportunities for prison officers to understand the ‘pains of imprisonment’ …
The ‘dangerous other’ in maximum-security prisons
Drawing on data from maximum-security prisons in England, this article explores the way the representation of criminals as ‘dangerous others’ manifests in prison discourse and practice. Following Bourdieu, it is argued that within the ‘habitus of maximum-security’, prison staff become somewhat predisposed to seeing prisoners as essentialized, ‘dangerous others’ who are not ‘like us’, a perspective that is also reinforced in popular and tabloid pr…
Crossing the line’: Criminological expertise, policy advice and the ‘quarrelling society’
In October 2009, Professor David Nutt, eminent neuropsychopharmacologist and world leading expert on drugs, was dismissed as Chair of the UK government’s Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs for comments he made at the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies’ Eve Saville lecture. This article considers the role of evidence in political decision-making through the case of David Nutt. It is argued that the status of expert knowledge is in crisis fo…
Reconsidering Respect: Its Role in Her Majesty's Prison Service
This article examines the meaning of respect in the interpersonal relationships within Her Majesty's Prison Service. It is argued that respect‐as‐esteem and respect‐as‐consideration are often confused and unequally emphasised in modern society. This confusion is especially evident within the prison context where, due to the prison service's ‘decency agenda’, the respectful treatment of inmates has become a topical issue. What does respect mean in…
The ‘dangerous other’ in maximum-security prisons
Drawing on data from maximum-security prisons in England, this article explores the way the representation of criminals as ‘dangerous others’ manifests in prison discourse and practice. Following Bourdieu, it is argued that within the ‘habitus of maximum-security’, prison staff become somewhat predisposed to seeing prisoners as essentialized, ‘dangerous others’ who are not ‘like us’, a perspective that is also reinforced in popular and tabloid pr…
Prisons, Punishment and the Pursuit of Security
Drawing on research in men's long-term, maximum-security prisons, this book examines three interconnected problems: the tendency of the prison to obscure other social problems and conceal its own fail
Victims’ Versus ‘Offenders’ in B ritish Political Discourse: The Construction of a False Dichotomy
This article evaluates the contemporary discursive status of victims and people convicted of criminal offences. The rhetoric used by B ritish politicians to convey the meaning of ‘rights’ is explored within media output, parliamentary speech‐making and other forms of political discourse. Our analysis details how victims’ rights are sometimes advocated for at the expense of ‘offenders’ ’ rights in public discourse. Examination of parliamentary deb…
Performing the role of ethnographer: Processing and managing the emotional dimensions of prison research
This article presents a reflective account of the emotional dimensions of in-depth field research in prisons. Drawing on the work of Goffman to make sense of ethnographic processes and techniques, it is argued that performance and impression management play crucial roles in the research process. However, it is suggested that there are commensurate emotional costs associated with the roles and identities that ethnographers might enact in the field…
Researching prisoner experiences with prison officers: An action research-inspired approach
This article reports on research that incorporated action research-inspired dimensions on a project conducted in three maximum-security prisons in England. The project was aimed at collecting ethnographically informed data on prisoner experiences, at developing a method by which such data could be systematically and routinely collected by prison staff and at facilitating opportunities for prison officers to understand the ‘pains of imprisonment’ …
The Palgrave Handbook of Prison Ethnography
The Palgrave Handbook of Prison Ethnography provides an expansive overview of the challenges presented by qualitative, and particularly ethnographic, enquiry. The chapters reflect upon the means by wh
Prison Life, Sociology of: Recent Perspectives from the United Kingdom
Crossing the line’: Criminological expertise, policy advice and the ‘quarrelling society’
In October 2009, Professor David Nutt, eminent neuropsychopharmacologist and world leading expert on drugs, was dismissed as Chair of the UK government’s Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs for comments he made at the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies’ Eve Saville lecture. This article considers the role of evidence in political decision-making through the case of David Nutt. It is argued that the status of expert knowledge is in crisis fo…
Palgrave Handbook of Prison Ethnography
Criminology and Propaganda Studies: Charting New Horizons in Criminological Thought
Criminology and propaganda studies have both substantially influenced political, public and commercial thought yet not as a co-ordinated, embedded twine. Propaganda studies identify how narratives are constructed, conveyed and embedded within public and political discourses. To enhance existing debates, this article stirs the criminological cauldron with critical insights from propaganda analyses. Criminology is an evolving crucible, a gravitatio…
Criminology (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Law (6 works) · Prison (6 works) · Politics (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works)