The Role of Public Confessions in Show Trials
An Analysis of the Moscow Show Trials
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4301229 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephanie K Decker |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 459-477 |
| Publication date | 2019-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Historical Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0952-1909 • E-ISSN: 1467-6443 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/johs.12255 |
| OpenAlex | W2997048949 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 36 |
Authority figures may organize show trials featuring public confessions when they are faced with deep rooted contradictions within the social order and want to increase their legitimacy, delegitimize defendants, and justify increased social control in society. An analysis of the court report of the Moscow Show Trials found that these public confessions frame conflicts rooted in contradictions within the social order as acts of deviance that can be resolved with additional social control. The public confessions accomplished this using four main themes: establishing credibility, labeling the defendants as deviant, endorsing the power holder, and demonstrating closure
Closure (psychology · Credibility · Criminology · Deviance (statistics · Economics · Frame (networking · Legitimacy · Order (exchange · Political science · Power (physics · Public order · Public trust · Social control · Social order · Sociology · Computer Science · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Psychology · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses · Law
Show Trials
Social movements and the state
Tortured Confessions
Origins of the Great Purges
Caring, Control, and Clinicians' Influence
The social reality of religion
Between Impunity and Show Trials
Transformative Justice
A Show Trial Under Lenin
Crime and the Community
Mending Walls and Building Fences
The Soviet 1937 Provincial Show Trials
Show Trials in China
Narrative Analysis and the New Historical Sociology
The “Shocking Story” of Emmett Till and the Politics of Public Confession
Narrative, Event-Structure Analysis, and Causal Interpretation in Historical Sociology
Conceptions of Time and Events in Social Science Methods
The practice of social research
Politics, Law, and Social Change
A Political Theory of Political Trials
Deviant Places
The Processual Dimension of Degradation Ceremonies
Ritual of Liquidation
How Khrushchev Leaked his Secret Speech to the World
Asylums
Images of Criminals and Victims
Prelude to violence
Conditions of Successful Degradation Ceremonies
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |