A little respect: Swearing, police and criminal justice discourse

Methven, E

A little respect: Swearing, police and criminal justice discourse

Methven, E

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 2018, 7 (3), pp. 58 - 74
Issue Date:: 2018-09-01

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Methven, E https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3428-3905	en_US
dc.date.available	2018-01-01	en_US
dc.date.issued	2018-09-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 2018, 7 (3), pp. 58 - 74	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	2202-7998	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/127530
dc.description.abstract	© The Author(s) 2018. This article interrogates a commonly articulated idea in relation to the criminalisation of offensive language: namely, that swearing at police challenges their authority and thereby deserves criminal punishment. Drawing on critical discourse analysis, the article examines representations of swearing at police officers in offensive language cases and parliamentary debates, including constructions of power, authority and order. It contributes to—but also denaturalises—conceptions about police power and authority in the context of public order policing. The article argues that criminal justice discourse plays a significant and often under‐acknowledged role in naturalising the punishment of swearing at, or in the presence of, police officers.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.5204/ijcjsd.v7i1.428	en_US
dc.title	A little respect: Swearing, police and criminal justice discourse	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	3	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	7	en_US
utslib.for	1801 Law	en_US
utslib.for	1602 Criminology	en_US
utslib.for	1608 Sociology	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Law
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	3	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	7	en_US

Abstract:

© The Author(s) 2018. This article interrogates a commonly articulated idea in relation to the criminalisation of offensive language: namely, that swearing at police challenges their authority and thereby deserves criminal punishment. Drawing on critical discourse analysis, the article examines representations of swearing at police officers in offensive language cases and parliamentary debates, including constructions of power, authority and order. It contributes to—but also denaturalises—conceptions about police power and authority in the context of public order policing. The article argues that criminal justice discourse plays a significant and often under‐acknowledged role in naturalising the punishment of swearing at, or in the presence of, police officers.

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