Transcarceration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18945472 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert J Menzies (Simon Fraser University, corresponding author), Robert Menzies (0000-0001-9842-6744) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Publication date | 2015-10-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeost038.pub2 |
| OpenAlex | W4247258213 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
A concept that originated with the revisionist social control and new penology literatures of the 1980s and 1990s (Lowman, Menzies, and Palys, 1987), transcarceration refers to the widespread profusion of regulatory institutions, practices, authorities, and human subjects of control systems across and beyond traditional boundaries of state governance. Sociological writings on transcarceration owe their intellectual allegiance, in large part, to Michel Foucault's (1977) work on the rise of the disciplinary society and “carceral archipelago”; to Andrew Scull's (1984) deconstruction of mainstream narratives about community mental health and corrections movements; and to Stanley Cohen's (1985) mapping of the “master patterns” of contemporary deviancy classification and punishment schemes. Taking up these critiques, sociologists of law, critical criminologists, and mental health theorists and researchers have sought to explain the failings of the diversion, decarceration, rehabilitation, and reintegration enterprises of the late twentieth century – and of the post‐World War II liberal reconstructionist and civil libertarian political philosophies that these movements embodied
Allegiance · Criminology · Discipline · Mainstream · Penology · Political science · Politics · Prison · Social control · Social science · Sociology · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |