Linda Mussell
Biographic Data
| ID | 4374446 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Linda Mussell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Linda |
| FAMILY NAME | Mussell |
| SIGNATURE | MUSSELL L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Canterbury |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8678-3274 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Reproducing a ‘horrific’ place: Carceral humanism and prison expansion in Aotearoa New Zealand
Analysis of incarceration in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) has largely focused on the influence of penal populism. The role of progressive politics in NZ's significant carceral build-up has, by contrast, mostly escaped critical examination. Using Waikeria Prison as a case study, set to become the country's largest by 2030, this article investigates how successive NZ governments are ‘selling’ prison expansion to the public. Using critical discourse an…
Sir, Ma’am, do you have an ID?’: Critical discourse analysis of labour, criminalisation and deportation in Fiji
Seeking safety, finding fear: Corpus-assisted discourse analysis of electoral immigration detention discourse in three countries
Together, with the rise in populist politics and growing polarisation, immigration detention is a salient topic mobilised during elections to generate political support and votes in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ), Australia and the United Kingdom (UK). The language used about immigration detention, refugees and asylum seekers has impacts on policy and on lives, including exclusion, criminalisation, detainment, detention and expulsion. Existing scholar…
P4W 25 Years Later: Memory, Art and Action
The Prison for Women (P4W) in Kingston, Ontario was Canada's only federal prison for women from 1934-2000.Just four years after P4W opened in 1934, the Archambault Report recommended its closure due to "disgraceful conditions", yet it remained open until the year 2000.Since the closure of P4W, several federal women's prisons have been opened across the country.We invite submissions refl ecting on questions raised by the twenty-fi fth anniversary …
‘Sadly, my group was “hanged” at the end of the evening’: The politics of deservingness and representation at carceral-themed escape rooms
Escape rooms are a popular new form of leisure and amusement globally, including in North American cities. Based on a thematic and discourse analysis of online content, we examine ten carceral-themed escape room operations in the United States and Canada. Drawing on theories of cultural power and neoliberalism, we analyze the messages conveyed by site operators about the deservingness of life, freedom and justice for imprisoned people. Contributi…
Governing Risk Through Forced Confinement: Clawback of Pre-Pandemic Reforms
We examine the use of forced confinement and isolation to limit the spread of COVID-19 in Ontario prisons and jails. Drawing on interview data, we illustrate how a reliance on forced confinement and isolation has exacerbated harms experienced by prisoners in relation to physical, mental, and social health. Through discourse analysis of grey literature, we then discuss the politics and governance of carceral institutions during the pandemic, focus…
Decolonizing Research on the Carceral in Canadian Political Science
In Canada, there is renewed attention to the violence experienced by Indigenous peoples in residential schools, by police, through hyper-imprisonment and child removal, in hospitals, and in the contemporary education system. All of these issues are interlinked and outcomes of the carceral state—defined as the policing, monitoring, surveillance, criminalization and imprisonment of people, especially Indigenous and other racialized peoples. In this…
‘A prison is no place for a party’: Neoliberalism, charitable fundraising, carceral enjoyments and abolitionist killjoys
This paper explores a case study of the struggle over the cultural meanings of charity and imprisonment related to United Way’s 2019 Rockin’ The Big House fundraising concert in partnership with Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) and the City of Kingston at Kingston Penitentiary. Contributing to literature at the intersection of penality, prison tourism, and the charitable sector, we examine how staging authenticity and fostering penal spectato…
Carceral-capital-charitable politics in Kingston, Ontario: Analyzing relationships of embeddedness and indebtedness
Disrupting Intergenerational Imprisonment
I think about] my mother who went to residential school and my father who went through residential school and how that aff ected them, and how it aff ected me intergenerationally. I have a daughter, I have a son. How does that aff ect them intergenerationally
Governing Through Remorse: The Discursive Framing of Dangerous Offenders in Canada
This article examines the emotional terrain and discursive frames that govern the constitution of those subject to the “dangerous offender” (DO) designation in Canada. Focusing on the emotion of remorse, we discuss four narratives involving individuals who went through the DO hearing process, gaining significant media attention. Asking what role Indigeneity and other factors play in how the media discuss the emotional comportment of DOs, we exami…
Intergenerational Imprisonment: Resistance and Resilience in Indigenous Communities
The recent National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (the National Inquiry) identified “the ongoing criminalization of Indigenous women as ... another iteration of residential schools or the Sixties Scoop.” Embracing these findings, this article aims to highlight the hidden and complex intergenerational and colonial nature of confinement for Indigenous Peoples in Canada. Inspired by a holistic approach used by certain …
Gender-Based Analysis Plus in Canada: Problems and Possibilities of Integrating Intersectionality
International debate is ongoing regarding the innovation of gender mainstreaming (GM), its efficacy, and future utility. Likewise, in Canada, there is a push to learn from early GM efforts and a renewed focus on creating more responsive mainstreaming strategies. Although Canada’s gender-based analysis (GBA) has been researched and evaluated, this study uses the feminist theory of intersectionality to examine the newer GBA+ model, which builds on …
Gender-Based Analysis Plus in Canada: Problems and Possibilities of Integrating Intersectionality
International debate is ongoing regarding the innovation of gender mainstreaming (GM), its efficacy, and future utility. Likewise, in Canada, there is a push to learn from early GM efforts and a renewed focus on creating more responsive mainstreaming strategies. Although Canada’s gender-based analysis (GBA) has been researched and evaluated, this study uses the feminist theory of intersectionality to examine the newer GBA+ model, which builds on …
Decolonizing Research on the Carceral in Canadian Political Science
In Canada, there is renewed attention to the violence experienced by Indigenous peoples in residential schools, by police, through hyper-imprisonment and child removal, in hospitals, and in the contemporary education system. All of these issues are interlinked and outcomes of the carceral state—defined as the policing, monitoring, surveillance, criminalization and imprisonment of people, especially Indigenous and other racialized peoples. In this…
Governing Risk Through Forced Confinement: Clawback of Pre-Pandemic Reforms
We examine the use of forced confinement and isolation to limit the spread of COVID-19 in Ontario prisons and jails. Drawing on interview data, we illustrate how a reliance on forced confinement and isolation has exacerbated harms experienced by prisoners in relation to physical, mental, and social health. Through discourse analysis of grey literature, we then discuss the politics and governance of carceral institutions during the pandemic, focus…
Gender-Based Analysis Plus in Canada: Problems and Possibilities of Integrating Intersectionality
International debate is ongoing regarding the innovation of gender mainstreaming (GM), its efficacy, and future utility. Likewise, in Canada, there is a push to learn from early GM efforts and a renewed focus on creating more responsive mainstreaming strategies. Although Canada’s gender-based analysis (GBA) has been researched and evaluated, this study uses the feminist theory of intersectionality to examine the newer GBA+ model, which builds on …
Intergenerational Imprisonment: Resistance and Resilience in Indigenous Communities
The recent National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (the National Inquiry) identified “the ongoing criminalization of Indigenous women as ... another iteration of residential schools or the Sixties Scoop.” Embracing these findings, this article aims to highlight the hidden and complex intergenerational and colonial nature of confinement for Indigenous Peoples in Canada. Inspired by a holistic approach used by certain …
Governing Through Remorse: The Discursive Framing of Dangerous Offenders in Canada
This article examines the emotional terrain and discursive frames that govern the constitution of those subject to the “dangerous offender” (DO) designation in Canada. Focusing on the emotion of remorse, we discuss four narratives involving individuals who went through the DO hearing process, gaining significant media attention. Asking what role Indigeneity and other factors play in how the media discuss the emotional comportment of DOs, we exami…
‘A prison is no place for a party’: Neoliberalism, charitable fundraising, carceral enjoyments and abolitionist killjoys
This paper explores a case study of the struggle over the cultural meanings of charity and imprisonment related to United Way’s 2019 Rockin’ The Big House fundraising concert in partnership with Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) and the City of Kingston at Kingston Penitentiary. Contributing to literature at the intersection of penality, prison tourism, and the charitable sector, we examine how staging authenticity and fostering penal spectato…
Carceral-capital-charitable politics in Kingston, Ontario: Analyzing relationships of embeddedness and indebtedness
Disrupting Intergenerational Imprisonment
I think about] my mother who went to residential school and my father who went through residential school and how that aff ected them, and how it aff ected me intergenerationally. I have a daughter, I have a son. How does that aff ect them intergenerationally
‘Sadly, my group was “hanged” at the end of the evening’: The politics of deservingness and representation at carceral-themed escape rooms
Escape rooms are a popular new form of leisure and amusement globally, including in North American cities. Based on a thematic and discourse analysis of online content, we examine ten carceral-themed escape room operations in the United States and Canada. Drawing on theories of cultural power and neoliberalism, we analyze the messages conveyed by site operators about the deservingness of life, freedom and justice for imprisoned people. Contributi…
Governing Risk Through Forced Confinement: Clawback of Pre-Pandemic Reforms
We examine the use of forced confinement and isolation to limit the spread of COVID-19 in Ontario prisons and jails. Drawing on interview data, we illustrate how a reliance on forced confinement and isolation has exacerbated harms experienced by prisoners in relation to physical, mental, and social health. Through discourse analysis of grey literature, we then discuss the politics and governance of carceral institutions during the pandemic, focus…
Decolonizing Research on the Carceral in Canadian Political Science
In Canada, there is renewed attention to the violence experienced by Indigenous peoples in residential schools, by police, through hyper-imprisonment and child removal, in hospitals, and in the contemporary education system. All of these issues are interlinked and outcomes of the carceral state—defined as the policing, monitoring, surveillance, criminalization and imprisonment of people, especially Indigenous and other racialized peoples. In this…
P4W 25 Years Later: Memory, Art and Action
The Prison for Women (P4W) in Kingston, Ontario was Canada's only federal prison for women from 1934-2000.Just four years after P4W opened in 1934, the Archambault Report recommended its closure due to "disgraceful conditions", yet it remained open until the year 2000.Since the closure of P4W, several federal women's prisons have been opened across the country.We invite submissions refl ecting on questions raised by the twenty-fi fth anniversary …
Seeking safety, finding fear: Corpus-assisted discourse analysis of electoral immigration detention discourse in three countries
Together, with the rise in populist politics and growing polarisation, immigration detention is a salient topic mobilised during elections to generate political support and votes in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ), Australia and the United Kingdom (UK). The language used about immigration detention, refugees and asylum seekers has impacts on policy and on lives, including exclusion, criminalisation, detainment, detention and expulsion. Existing scholar…
Reproducing a ‘horrific’ place: Carceral humanism and prison expansion in Aotearoa New Zealand
Analysis of incarceration in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) has largely focused on the influence of penal populism. The role of progressive politics in NZ's significant carceral build-up has, by contrast, mostly escaped critical examination. Using Waikeria Prison as a case study, set to become the country's largest by 2030, this article investigates how successive NZ governments are ‘selling’ prison expansion to the public. Using critical discourse an…
Sir, Ma’am, do you have an ID?’: Critical discourse analysis of labour, criminalisation and deportation in Fiji
Political science (10 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Criminology (8 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Imprisonment (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Prison (4 works) · Social science (4 works)