Performing Absolution Narratives in Restorative Justice
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Performing Absolution Narratives in Restorative Justice. / Asmussen, Ida Helene.
I: Restorative Justice, Bind 3, Nr. 1 Routledge, 11.09.2015, s. 28-48.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Performing Absolution Narratives in Restorative Justice
AU - Asmussen, Ida Helene
PY - 2015/9/11
Y1 - 2015/9/11
N2 - Based on Goffman's notion of people performing contextually preferred identities, a qualitative study of victim–offender mediation shows that the roles adopted in mediation sessions reflect a moral assessment of the situation. This assessment is structured by a confessional ethos, including demanding remorse from the perpetrator and mercy from the victim. The powerful idea of confession and forgiveness as liberating and emancipative is seen as part of a Foucauldian, neoliberal effort working toward the same end as regular criminal proceedings: creating law-abiding citizens. However, creating law-abiding citizens is not encouraged through judiciary processes, sentencing and imprisonment, but by stimulating an inner, panoptic judge of conscience, motivating the perpetrator to remain within the law.
AB - Based on Goffman's notion of people performing contextually preferred identities, a qualitative study of victim–offender mediation shows that the roles adopted in mediation sessions reflect a moral assessment of the situation. This assessment is structured by a confessional ethos, including demanding remorse from the perpetrator and mercy from the victim. The powerful idea of confession and forgiveness as liberating and emancipative is seen as part of a Foucauldian, neoliberal effort working toward the same end as regular criminal proceedings: creating law-abiding citizens. However, creating law-abiding citizens is not encouraged through judiciary processes, sentencing and imprisonment, but by stimulating an inner, panoptic judge of conscience, motivating the perpetrator to remain within the law.
KW - Faculty of Law
KW - Restorative justice
KW - Mediation
KW - Religious aspects
KW - Goffman
KW - Foucault
KW - Interactionism
KW - Neoliberalism
KW - Pastoral power
U2 - 10.1080/20504721.2015.1049870
DO - 10.1080/20504721.2015.1049870
M3 - Journal article
VL - 3
SP - 28
EP - 48
JO - Restorative Justice
JF - Restorative Justice
SN - 2050-4721
IS - 1 Routledge
ER -
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