Crime, Shame, and Recidivism. The Case of Iceland
In Crime, Shame, and Reintegration , John Braithwaite argues that communitarian societies are better able than others to reintegrate lawbreakers by shaming the offence without permanently stigmatizing the offender. Although Braithwaite focuses on crime rates, a logical corollary of his argument is t...
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fthighwire:oai:open-archive.highwire.org:crimin:42/1/40 2023-05-15T16:45:50+02:00 Crime, Shame, and Recidivism. The Case of Iceland Baumer, Eric P. Wright, Richard Kristinsdottir, Kristrun Gunnlaugsson, Helgi 2002-01-01 00:00:00.0 text/html http://bjc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/42/1/40 https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/42.1.40 en eng Oxford University Press http://bjc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/42/1/40 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjc/42.1.40 Copyright (C) 2002, Centre for Crime and Justice Studies Article TEXT 2002 fthighwire https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/42.1.40 2013-05-28T07:24:56Z In Crime, Shame, and Reintegration , John Braithwaite argues that communitarian societies are better able than others to reintegrate lawbreakers by shaming the offence without permanently stigmatizing the offender. Although Braithwaite focuses on crime rates, a logical corollary of his argument is that such societies should also exhibit markedly low rates of offender recidivism. In this paper, we examine offender recidivism in Iceland, a country that exhibits many of the social organizational hallmarks of communitarianism and relies heavily on shaming as a method of social control. Following Braithwaite then, Iceland should have a lower rate of recidivism than less socially integrated societies. Contrary to this expectation, results indicate that Icelandic recidivism rates closely approximate those of other nations, many of which are far less communitarian. We conclude by considering the role of recidivism in promoting social cohesion. Text Iceland HighWire Press (Stanford University) British Journal of Criminology 42 1 40 59 |
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In Crime, Shame, and Reintegration , John Braithwaite argues that communitarian societies are better able than others to reintegrate lawbreakers by shaming the offence without permanently stigmatizing the offender. Although Braithwaite focuses on crime rates, a logical corollary of his argument is that such societies should also exhibit markedly low rates of offender recidivism. In this paper, we examine offender recidivism in Iceland, a country that exhibits many of the social organizational hallmarks of communitarianism and relies heavily on shaming as a method of social control. Following Braithwaite then, Iceland should have a lower rate of recidivism than less socially integrated societies. Contrary to this expectation, results indicate that Icelandic recidivism rates closely approximate those of other nations, many of which are far less communitarian. We conclude by considering the role of recidivism in promoting social cohesion. |
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Crime, Shame, and Recidivism. The Case of Iceland |
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