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Punitive Spectacle

Punitive Spectacle is a historical phenomenon in the sociology of punishment whereby public displays of penal enforcement function as ritualized performances of state power, distinguished by their deliberate theatricization of suffering to reinforce social control and deterrence through collective witnessing.

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553

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15

Authors

12

Institutions

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2017–2026

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Publications

10

The Thief, the Cross and the Wheel: Pain and the Spectacle of Punishment in Medieval and Renaissance Europe

Samuel Y. Edgerton, Mitchell B. Merback · The American Historical Review · 2000 · 141 citations

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‘This is your face on meth’: The punitive spectacle of ‘white trash’ in the rural war on drugs

Travis Linnemann, Tyler Wall · Theoretical Criminology · 2013 · 128 citations

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Crime and criminal justice in modern Japan: From re-integrative shaming to popular punitivism

Koichi Hamai · International Journal of the Sociology of Law · 2006 · 85 citations

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Martyrology and the Prurient Gaze

David Frankfurter · Journal of early Christian studies · 2009 · 58 citations

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The Execution Spectacle and State Legitimacy: The Changing Nature of the American Execution Audience, 1833–1937

Annulla Linders · Law & Society Review · 2002 · 54 citations

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Authors

15

  1. DF
    David Frankfurter

    Boston University, United States

    1 publications · 58 citations

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  2. AC
    A.M. Chen

    University of Ottawa, Canada

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  3. KH
    Koichi Hamai

    Ryukoku University, Japan

    1 publications · 85 citations

    1

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  4. TL
    Travis Linnemann

    Eastern Kentucky University, United States

    1 publications · 128 citations

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  5. SF
    Sarah Fiander

    University of Winnipeg, Canada

    1 publications · 12 citations

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Institutions

12

  1. British Academy

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  2. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    31 citations

  3. Old Dominion University

    Norfolk, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    128 citations

  4. Dominion (United States)

    Cleveland, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    128 citations

  5. University of Ottawa

    Ottawa, Canada

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    24 citations

  6. Eastern Kentucky University

    Richmond, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    128 citations

  7. Ryukoku University

    Kyoto, Japan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    85 citations

  8. University of Portsmouth

    Portsmouth, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    85 citations

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Venues

  1. French History

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  2. Theoretical Criminology

    1 publications · 128 citations

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  3. Law & Society Review

    1 publications · 54 citations

    1

    h-index

  4. Journal of early Christian studies

    1 publications · 58 citations

    1

    h-index

  5. International Journal of the Sociology of Law

    1 publications · 85 citations

    1

    h-index

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