Racism and the Cultural Politics of Punishment
Constructing the 2011 English Unrest
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2026
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-7312-6 (ISBN)
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
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Racism and the cultural politics of punishment onalyses the 2011 English ‘riots’ and the state’s startlingly punitive response. Drawing on original research inside the criminal justice system, it exposes the denial and ignorance underpinning contemporary politics of law and order and offers insight into today's crisis. -- .
Racism and the cultural politics of punishment examines the narratives, claims, and imaginaries that legitimise punitive and discriminatory criminal justice policies and practices. Centring on the state’s startlingly harsh response to the English ‘riots’ of 2011, the book combines unique insights from interviews with prosecutors, sentencers, defence lawyers, policymakers with analysis of media and political debates. It examines constructions of the unrest, its causes and how society should respond. In doing so, it explores the forms of ignorance and unknowing mobilised to justify the inequitable punishment of the 'rioters': from amnesia about police racism and Britain's long history of unrest to widespread denial of the violence of the prison system.
Looking to recent events in Britain and beyond, the book offers timely insight into the cultural processes underpinning the punitive systems that disproportionately harm racially minoritised and marginalised communities. -- .
Racism and the cultural politics of punishment examines the narratives, claims, and imaginaries that legitimise punitive and discriminatory criminal justice policies and practices. Centring on the state’s startlingly harsh response to the English ‘riots’ of 2011, the book combines unique insights from interviews with prosecutors, sentencers, defence lawyers, policymakers with analysis of media and political debates. It examines constructions of the unrest, its causes and how society should respond. In doing so, it explores the forms of ignorance and unknowing mobilised to justify the inequitable punishment of the 'rioters': from amnesia about police racism and Britain's long history of unrest to widespread denial of the violence of the prison system.
Looking to recent events in Britain and beyond, the book offers timely insight into the cultural processes underpinning the punitive systems that disproportionately harm racially minoritised and marginalised communities. -- .
Chloe Peacock is a Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Sheffield -- .
Introduction
1 Remembering and forgetting the riots: Amnesia and the erasure of structural racism
2 Surprising and typical criminals: Reproducing the myth of Black criminality
3 ‘Society demands punishment’: Convening a punitive public
4 Ignoring the violence of imprisonment
Conclusion -- .
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 17.3.2026 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Racism, Resistance and Social Change |
| Zusatzinfo | none |
| Verlagsort | Manchester |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 460 g |
| Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht |
| Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5261-7312-3 / 1526173123 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5261-7312-6 / 9781526173126 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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