Eroding Legitimacy? The Impact of Imprisonment on the Relationships between Families, Communities, and the Criminal Justice System

Abstract

This chapter attempts to address the issues about the role of criminal justice agencies within prisoners’ families and communities, and how social inequalities consequently become heightened and entrenched, through the conceptual lens of legitimacy. It considers the idea that prison officers cannot simply impose their authority. Rather, the terms of these power relations should be defined by clear rules, consented to by prisoners, and also justifiable from their perspective. These arguments are instructive in this chapter as they highlight the importance of justice, fairness, and respect in achieving legitimacy. They also reveal the damaging effects when these qualities are absent from seemingly ‘everyday’ interactions.

Politisasi Kepolisian Dalam Konteks Pemilihan Umum

“…Hal ini dapat mengakibatkan kelompok atau individu tertentu menerima perlakuan istimewa sementara yang lain menghadapi pengawasan yang lebih keras atau bahkan penganiayaan. Dalam kasus ekstrim, hal ini dapat menyebabkan erosi kepercayaan pada sistem peradilan dan persepsi bahwa aturan hukum dimanipulasi untuk keuntungan politik (Jardine, 2018).…”

Critical Social Media Analysis: Problematising Online Policy Representations of the Impact of Imprisonment on Families

“…It pertains directly to the material implications of VP which exacerbates the existing socioeconomic marginalization of affected families. A fundamental theme arising from studies of imprisonment in Western jurisdictions with a large prison population, such as England and Wales, and the US, is that many prisoners and their families experience socioeconomic marginalization and social exclusion (e.g., Jardine, 2017Jardine, , 2018Ministry of Justice, 2012). These problems can become more intense when a family member is imprisoned.…”