The language of incarceration

Cox, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9939-078X (2020) The language of incarceration. Incarceration, 1 (1). 2632666320940859. ISSN 2632-6663 doi: 10.1177/2632666320940859

Abstract/Summary

This brief think piece considers the uses of “people first” language in the context of incarceration, both from a historical and contemporary perspective, and offers some thoughts about the use of this language by prison researchers. It focuses on the uses of such language in the context of disability studies and rights, and the focus on language by activists working to challenge systemic racism and abuse in prison systems in the 1960s and 1970s. It makes an argument for prison researchers to work intentionally with their use of language in keeping with broader disciplinary concerns around meaning making in prisons.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/id/eprint/125349
Identification Number/DOI	10.1177/2632666320940859
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Law
Publisher	Sage
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