Cheliotis, Leonidas 
ORCID: 0000-0003-2707-853X
(2006)
Penal managerialism from within: implications for theory and research.
International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 29 (5).
pp. 397-404.
ISSN 0160-2527
Abstract
Unlike the bulk of penological scholarship dealing with managerialist reforms, this article calls for greater theoretical and research attention to the often pernicious impact of managerialism on criminal justice professionals. Much in an ideal-typical fashion, light is shed on: the reasons why contemporary penal bureaucracies endeavor systematically to strip criminal justice work of its inherently affective nature; the structural forces that ensure control over officials; the processes by which those forces come into effect; and the human consequences of submission to totalitarian bureaucratic milieus. It is suggested that the heavy preoccupation of present-day penality with the predictability and calculability of outcomes entails the atomization of professionals and the dehumanization of their work. This is achieved through a kaleidoscope of direct and indirect mechanisms that naturalize and/or legitimate acquiescence.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-jou... |
| Additional Information: | © 2006 Elsevier |
| Divisions: | Social Policy |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Oct 2015 13:59 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 23:06 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/63956 |
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