Presidential rhetoric as crime control theater: the case of cybercrime
| Autor: | Nancy E. Marion, Joshua B. Hill |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Presidential system
lcsh:HB71-74 media_common.quotation_subject lcsh:Law lcsh:Economics as a science Criminology Cybercrime Politics Crime control Political science Rhetoric General Earth and Planetary Sciences Dissent Crime control theater lcsh:K General Environmental Science media_common Criminal justice Moral panic |
| Zdroj: | Aktualʹnye Problemy Èkonomiki i Prava, Vol 12, Iss 4, Pp 842-860 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 2410-0390 1993-047X |
| DOI: | 10.21202/1993-047x.12.2018.4.842-860 |
| Popis: | Objective to comprehensively study the presidential rhetoric as crime control theater. Methods dialectical approach to the cognition of social phenomena enabling to analyze them in their historical development and functioning in the context of a set of objective and subjective factors which determined the choice of the following research methods formallogical comparativelegal and sociological. Results Presidents have increasingly made criminal justice a part of their public agenda. Much of their political speech on crime and violence focuses on creating the impression of action even when none is taken. Moreover if actions are taken they are ineffective and do not result in significant policy shifts. When presidents give the impression that they are fighting crime it is often called crime control theater. This is characterized by the use of mythic narratives a reliance on moral panic little public dissent and the ineffectiveness of the policy itself. While many previous studies have demonstrated the importance of crime control theater regarding different criminal justice topics none have focused on the emerging problems of cybercrime. Scientific novelty for the first time the article analyzes the issue of the presidential rhetoric as crime control theater examines the patterns and trends in presidential rhetoric on cybercrime. The authors use a qualitative content analysis to test the hypothesis that presidents rely on the techniques that comprise crime control theater when discussing cybercrime in particular mythic narrative and moral panic. As a result public fears of cybercrime are allayed but at the same time any significant action is postponed. The research results have confirmed the proposed hypothesis. nbsp Practical significance the main provisions and conclusions of the article can be used in scientific and pedagogical activity when considering the issues related to the presidential rhetoric as crime control theater. |
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