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    Accusation : creating criminals / edited by George Pavlich and Matthew P. Unger.

    • Title:Accusation : creating criminals / edited by George Pavlich and Matthew P. Unger.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Pavlich, George Clifford.
      Unger, Matthew, 1974-
      Scholars Portal Books: Canadian University Presses 2016
    • Published/Created:Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, [2016]
      ©2016
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      • Call Number: HV6629
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      • Status:No information available 
       
    • Library of Congress Subjects:Malicious accusation.
      Criminal justice, Administration of.
    • Subject(s):Electronic books.
      Criminal justice, Administration of.
      Malicious accusation.
    • Description:1 online resource
    • Terms governing use:Access may be restricted to institutions with a site license.
    • Summary:"The punitive effects of accusations that lead to criminalization have received considerable attention. Less well documented is the actual role, process, and meaning of accusation per se. This collection of essays sets out the terms of a new debate about a largely overlooked but foundational dimension of criminalizing justice; namely, accusation. As a figurative gatekeeper, accusation calls subjects to account, to avow truth about themselves in relation to historical orders through idioms recognizable and decipherable to criminal law's institutions. Criminal accusation, however, does more than define the outer borders of criminal justice institutions. It is directly implicated in providing a steady flow of potential criminals who are fed into expanding criminal justice arenas. Despite the basic politics through which legal persons are selected to face possible criminalization, there are few analyses directed at how accusation works in theoretical, historical, criminological, social, cultural, and procedural realms. The essays in this collection highlight the effects of accusatory moments where contextually imagined legal persons become potential subjects of criminalization. Incorporating interdisciplinary perspectives, rigorous scholarship, and a unique contribution to the field of socio-legal studies and criminology, this book establishes a new and important field of inquiry."-- Provided by publisher.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9780774833745
      0774833742
    • Contents:Introduction : framing criminal accusation / George Pavlich, Matthew P. Unger
      Part 1: Framing accusation - logic, ritual, and grammar
      Apparatuses of criminal accusation / George Pavlich
      Declining accusation / Mark Antaki
      Part 2: Genealogies, colonial legalities, and criminal accusations
      Criminal accusation as colonial rule: the case of Gurdit Singh (1859-1954) / Renisa Mawani
      Codification and the colonies: who's accusing whom? / Keally McBride
      Part 3: Criminal accusation as discourse - subjectivization, truth, ethics
      Guilty without accusation: legal passions and the misinterpretation of subjects in Althusser and Kafka / James Martel
      Accusation in the absence of crisis: the banality of evil, responsibility, and the tragedy of adjudication / Jennifer L. Culbert
      The forgetfulness of accusation / Matthew P. Unger.
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