Understandingprocessesof criminalisation: Insights from an Australian study of criminal law-making
Autor: | Julia Quilter, Luke McNamara, Russell Hogg, Arlie Loughnan, Lindsay Farmer, David Brown, Heather Douglas |
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Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Modalities media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Legislature Criminology Democracy Statute Political science 050501 criminology Criminal law Normative 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Product (category theory) Law 050104 developmental & child psychology 0505 law media_common |
Zdroj: | Criminology & Criminal Justice. 21:387-407 |
ISSN: | 1748-8966 1748-8958 |
Popis: | Criminalisation theory scholars have examined important questions regarding what behaviours should be criminalised and why. More recently, greater attention has been paid to linking normative accounts with empirical and historicised analyses of criminalisation practices. Building on recent work on modalities of criminalisation as a methodological tool for contextual criminalisation research, this article introduces a second analytical approach for better understanding how criminal laws are made: processes of criminalisation. We discuss the findings of a pilot study of 143 criminal law statutes enacted in three Australian jurisdictions (New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria) from 2012–2017. We conclude that a processes approach supports a nuanced appreciation of the conditions under which criminal law statutes are produced, and facilitates scrutiny of whether legislative enactments are evidence-based and a product of meaningful consultation and genuine democratic participation in law-making. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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