| Title |
On perceptions of criminal justice in society / |
| Translation of Title |
Kriminalinės justicijos recepcija visuomenėje. |
| Authors |
Dobryninas, Aleksandras ; Dobrynina, Margarita ; Laurinaitytė, Ilona ; Giedraitis, Vincentas Rolandas ; Merkevičius, Remigijus |
| DOI |
10.15388/SocMintVei.2012.2.396 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Sociologija: mintis ir veiksmas.. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2012, Nr. 2, p. 222-238.. ISSN 1392-3358. eISSN 2335-8890 |
| Keywords [eng] |
criminal justice ; discourses ; economic circles ; psychological reception ; mass media |
| Abstract [eng] |
The perception of criminal justice in society is a controversial social problem. Traditionally, criminal justice issues have ban treated as a matter of professional interest for criminologists, criminal justice experts and other profesionals from related fields. But is expert knowledge the only valid kind when it comes to criminal justice topics? This question, though rhetorical, is aimed at stimulating discussian about the co-existence of different types of social knowledge on criminal justice, and their impact on various discourses concerning crime and punishment in society. In this article a group of researchers from Vilnim University makes use of phenomenological methods to analyse three different types of discourse on criminal justice: professional, political and public. The professional discourse of criminal justice is scrutinised from tbe perspective of penal law, the political discourse from the point of view of macroeconomics, while the public discourse is analysed using ideas drawn from psychology and media studies. The analysis of these discourses seeks to examine the social construction of criminal justice, and the particularities of its reception among professionals, politicians and a wider public. |
| Published |
Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2012 |
| CC license |
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