Evans, Jessica
(2003).
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1362480603007002416 |
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Abstract
This paper applies a psychoanalytic approach to the protests of members of `Residents Against Paedophiles' on the Paulsgrove estate in Portsmouth, UK, in August 2000. It sets these in the context of the strains existing in the British government's policy on sexual offenders. It is argued that the protests demonstrate the existence of links between a vigilante state of mind and the `mind of state' that makes community members responsible for crime management. Evidence is provided by the protesters' fabrication of a `mental list' of convicted sex offenders that mimicked the official register. The paper concludes that access to information does not always have the effect of containing adults in such a way that enhances their capacity to act as `responsible' citizens.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSN: | 1362-4806 |
| Keywords: | anti-paedophile campaigns; community; information; psychoanalysis; responsibilization; vigilantism |
| Academic Unit/School: | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > History, Religious Studies, Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) |
| Interdisciplinary Research Centre: | Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance (CCIG) |
| Item ID: | 4246 |
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| Date Deposited: | 04 Jul 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Oct 2016 09:51 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/4246 |
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