Performing Absolution Narratives in Restorative Justice
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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.
Translated title of the contribution | Syndsforladelse i genoprettende ret |
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Original language | English |
Journal | Restorative Justice |
Volume | 3 |
Issue number | 1 Routledge |
Pages (from-to) | 28-48 |
Number of pages | 21 |
ISSN | 2050-4721 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 11 Sep 2015 |
- Faculty of Law - Restorative justice , Mediation, Religious aspects, Goffman, Foucault, Interactionism, Neoliberalism, Pastoral power
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Links
- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/20504721.2015.1049870
Final published version
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