The Elasticity of the Law
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8400000 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mimi Ajzenstadt (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), ODEDA STEINBERG (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 236-247 |
| Publication date | 1995-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0955 • E-ISSN: 1464-3529 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjc.a048496 |
| OpenAlex | W2244114936 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
The article examines the use of the ‘shadow of the law’ by a welfare agency in Israel, as a quasi-legal therapeutic technique in the treatment of adolescent girls defined as ‘at risk’. The method employs the threat of invoking the Youth Act, which empowers a judge to force minors to undergo treatment, if the girls fail to co-operate with Unit workers. Treatment in the ‘shadow of the law’ is supported and legitimized by a mixture of diagnostic, psychological, and pragmatic considerations, combined with normative principles relating to the ‘appropriate’ behaviour of adolescent girls. Through the operation of this control mechanism, the Unit workers monitor the girls' conduct, imposing upon them patterns of gendered behaviour that replicate dominant meanings of femininity and reinforce gender stereotypes
Agency (philosophy) · Femininity · Normative · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Shadow (psychology) · Social science · Sociology · Welfare · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child Welfare and Adoption · Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,03 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 1997 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |