Images of Discipline

2021 ◽  
pp. 27-54
Author(s):  
Mary Angela Bock
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Prison System ◽  
Criminal Punishment ◽  
Carceral State ◽  
Surveillance Cameras ◽  
Over Time ◽  
The Way

This chapter studies the way criminal punishment has been presented visually over time, starting with the last public hanging in the United States, then examining the way contemporary executions are visualized, and concluding with a discussion of the challenges journalists face in covering the prison system. The execution of Rainey Bethea in Owensboro, Kentucky, in 1936 was the last legally adjudicated hanging in the United States. An analysis of the resulting news narratives and discourse from Owensboro residents, when coupled with interviews from contemporary journalists who cover executions, suggests that while visual news practices are markedly different, the prevailing ideological constructs of law enforcement’s patriarchal legitimacy remain constant. Finally, while surveillance cameras and smartphones have offered new views into prison practices, the carceral state remains largely invisible in the news. The chapter ends with a normative discussion of journalism’s responsibilities to the audience, including people who are incarcerated.

From Blackface to ‘Genuine Negroes’: Nineteenth-Century Minstrelsy and the Icon of the ‘Negro’

1996 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa M. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Real Life ◽  
The United States ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Face ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Minstrel Shows ◽  
Over Time ◽  
The Way

In 1855, the first ‘coloured’ minstrel troupe, the Mocking Bird Minstrels, appeared on a Philadelphia stage. While this company did not stay together long, it heralded a change in the ‘face’ of minstrelsy in the United States. Many other black minstrel troupes would quickly follow, drawing attention away from the white minstrels who had until then dominated the scene. However, the white minstrel show had already iconized a particular representation of the ‘Negro’, which ultimately paved the way for black anti-minstrel attitudes at the end of the nineteenth century. The minstrel show existed in two guises: the white-in-blackface, and the black-in-blackface. The form and content of the minstrel shows changed over time, as well as audience perception of the two different types of performance. The black minstrel show has come to be regarded as a ‘reclaiming’ of slave dance and performance. It differs from white minstrelsy in that it gave theatrical form to ‘signifyin” on white minstrelsy in the manner in which slaves practised ‘signifyin” on whites in real life.

scholarly journals International Differences in Prison Architecture

MaRBLe ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Max Grönegräs
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Structural Design ◽  
The United States ◽  
Prison System ◽  
Major Obstacle ◽  
International Differences ◽  
Freedom Of Movement ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Way

This paper examines the differences between the architecture of prisons in Germany and the United States (US). While in Germany, prison design is employed to maximize the privacy of the inmates as well as their freedom of movement, in the US, the close surveillance of the prisoner is regarded as a necessary component of his strict punishment. Several American politicians, academics, activists and journalists regard the German approach towards incarceration as a model that could potentially contribute to an improvement of the prison system in the US. A major obstacle on the way towards betterment are, however, the owners of numerous private American prisons, who employ their inmates under inhumane working conditions that are comparable to slavery. Within the context of this debate, I have interviewed three architects, Edgar Muth, Michael Eschwe and Michael Wächter, who all have either been or currently still are involved in the structural design of German prisons. Their descriptions of generously equipped cells, common residential groups and modernly designed showers draw an image of a prison system the United States could have one day, if the country would be willing to learn some lessons from the German example.

scholarly journals International Differences in Prison Architecture

MaRBLe ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Max Grönegräs
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Structural Design ◽  
The United States ◽  
Prison System ◽  
Major Obstacle ◽  
International Differences ◽  
Freedom Of Movement ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Way

This paper examines the differences between the architecture of prisons in Germany and the United States (US). While in Germany, prison design is employed to maximize the privacy of the inmates as well as their freedom of movement, in the US, the close surveillance of the prisoner is regarded as a necessary component of his strict punishment. Several American politicians, academics, activists and journalists regard the German approach towards incarceration as a model that could potentially contribute to an improvement of the prison system in the US. A major obstacle on the way towards betterment are, however, the owners of numerous private American prisons, who employ their inmates under inhumane working conditions that are comparable to slavery. Within the context of this debate, I have interviewed three architects, Edgar Muth, Michael Eschwe and Michael Wächter, who all have either been or currently still are involved in the structural design of German prisons. Their descriptions of generously equipped cells, common residential groups and modernly designed showers draw an image of a prison system the United States could have one day, if the country would be willing to learn some lessons from the German example.

National Report for the United States

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Kilborn
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Third Parties ◽  
Unfair Advantage ◽  
National Report ◽  
The Us ◽  
Bankruptcy Code ◽  
Over Time ◽  
The Way

The way the US Bankruptcy Code treats executory contracts is broadly reflective of three major themes that characterize US insolvency policy generally, including in its evolution over time. First, the Code vests the estate administrator with wide-ranging power to reject and minimize the burden of unfavourable contracts, select and enjoy the advantages of favourable contracts, and even assign the advantages of favourable contracts to third parties for the benefit of the estate. This approach prevails in both liquidation and reorganization cases. In reorganization cases, the appearance usually is that the debtor is allowed to take ‘unfair’ advantage of contract counterparties, since the debtor itself, as debtor-in-possession (‘DIP’), seems to be reaping the benefits while externalizing the burdens onto individual contract counterparties. While the Code refers to the ‘trustee’ as the entity empowered to administer contracts in insolvency, the Code makes it clear that the references to ‘trustee’ are largely confined to liquidation cases, and the DIP exercises the trustee’s powers in reorganization cases.

Exit Polling Today and What the Future May Hold

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony M. Salvanto
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Research Study ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
The United States ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
The Future ◽  
Over Time ◽  
The Way

This chapter considers exit polls from a researcher’s perspective, pointing out how it compares in terms of operation and sampling to more conventional pre-election polling and speculating about what future exit polling in the United States might look like. The chapter discusses the practical steps taken today to conduct post-election exit polling in the United States. Taken as a research study in itself, it discusses how exit polling might adapt over time in the context of the explosion in new data sources, lists, and new technologies, and—importantly—accounting for changes in the way Americans go to the polls, which is increasingly not on Election Day at all, but in the days or weeks to it or by mail or absentee ballot.

scholarly journals What's in a Name? Racial and Ethnic Classifications and the Meaning of Hispanic/Latino in the United States

2004 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith M. Kilty ◽  
Maria Videl de Haymes
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Race And Ethnicity ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
The United States ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Over Time ◽  
National Borders ◽  
The Way

The first national census was conducted in 1790, and has been repeated at ten year intervals ever since. While census taking has been consistent, the way individuals have been counted and categorized on the basis of race and ethnicity has varied over time. This paper examines how the official census definition of Latinos has changed over the twenty-two census periods. The modifications of the official definition of this group are discussed in relation to changes in national borders, variations in methodology used for census data gathering, and shifting political contexts.

Menelaah Lebih Dekat “Post Factual/Post Truth Politics, Studi Kasus Brexit” (Analsis Resensi Media)

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eko Wahyono ◽  
Rizka Amalia ◽  
Ikma Citra Ranteallo
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
New Media ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Struggle ◽  
The Real ◽  
The Mass Media ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Way

This research further examines the video entitled “what is the truth about post-factual politics?” about the case in the United States related to Trump and in the UK related to Brexit. The phenomenon of Post truth/post factual also occurs in Indonesia as seen in the political struggle experienced by Ahok in the governor election (DKI Jakarta). Through Michel Foucault's approach to post truth with assertive logic, the mass media is constructed for the interested parties and ignores the real reality. The conclusion of this study indicates that new media was able to spread various discourses ranging from influencing the way of thoughts, behavior of society to the ideology adopted by a society.Keywords: Post factual, post truth, new media

An Analysis of Fraudulent Qui Tam Actions Over Time in the United States

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen A. Fitzner ◽  
Charlie Bennett ◽  
June McKoy ◽  
Cara Tigue
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Over Time

The New Economic Populism and the Future of Inequality in the United States

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
William W. Franko ◽  
Christopher Witko
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Labor Unions ◽  
Republican Party ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Public ◽  
Empirical Results ◽  
Income Disparities ◽  
The Face ◽  
Over Time

The authors conclude the book by recapping their arguments and empirical results, and discussing the possibilities for the “new economic populism” to promote egalitarian economic outcomes in the face of continuing gridlock and the dominance of Washington, DC’s policymaking institutions by business and the wealthy, and a conservative Republican Party. Many states are actually addressing inequality now, and these policies are working. Admittedly, many states also continue to embrace the policies that have contributed to growing inequality, such as tax cuts for the wealthy or attempting to weaken labor unions. But as the public grows more concerned about inequality, the authors argue, policies that help to address these income disparities will become more popular, and policies that exacerbate inequality will become less so. Over time, if history is a guide, more egalitarian policies will spread across the states, and ultimately to the federal government.

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