Reel life after prison: Repression and reform in films about release from prison

被引：5

作者：

Bennett, Jamie ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] HM Prison Serv, London, England

[2] Univ Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

来源：

PROBATION JOURNAL | 2008年 / 55卷 / 04期

关键词：

film; media; penal reform; popular culture; release from prison;

D O I：

10.1177/0264550508096492

中图分类号：

DF [法律]; D9 [法律];

学科分类号：

0301 ;

摘要：

This article examines the representation of release from prison in popular films. The article explores how prison films generally reflect and reinforce conventional views about crime and punishment, and in release from prison films this is seen in the predominant representation of violent, unreformed criminals being released from prisons to offend again. However, the article also identifies that images of reform and redemption appear in films and that this plays a role in maintaining a popular space for an alternative discourse. Two examples of reform-minded films about release from prison are compared and contrasted: Boy A (2007) and The Woodsman (2004). The article draws some conclusions about successful strategies of promoting penal reform through popular films and the difficulties of realizing this.

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页码：353 / 368

页数：16