Overview The subject in a nutshell − Conservatives – The Domestic Abuse Bill 29th January 2019 – deserving victim of support − Conservatives – family help –29th January 2019 – family deserving of support − The tweets, which included the hashtag #NoMeansNo, read: “She told her mates she’d had enough. The bar staff knew he shouldn’t have served her that last shot. Her mates should have gone outside with her. Shouldn’t have left her on her own in that state. Know when to step in.” The Guardian 19.8.2018 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/frontpage/4458273.stm − Prime Minister David Cameron (2012) in debate about capping out-of-work benefits − I've lost count of the number of people who've said: "I go to work early in the morning and on the way I pass neighbours with their curtains closed, lying in because they've chosen to live on benefits." This infuriates people – and with good reason. (The Telegraph, 1.2.2012) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/frontpage/4458273.stm − The Deserving − o In the UK Criminal Justice System: Victims of crime have received increased attention and protection o In the UK welfare state: “hard-working families”? o The contributors (working, raising children) The Undeserving o CJS: a history of victim blaming o Welfare State (WSt): a history of stigmatisation of “scroungers” o Non-contributors (they take, but do not put in) − http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/frontpage/4458273.stm − We will examine commonalities in CJS and WST − − o The Deserving – the caring state, protection of citizens against harm o The Undeserving – the controlling state, punishing citizens o Under what condition does the protective state emerge, under what conditions do we see the controlling state? Conditions for the protective/controlling state? Research to date o Class: control the poor (non-contributors) – protect the “hard-working-families”, the retired (contributors) – matters greatly o − − − − − − Gender: control the reckless women who are amoral / protect innocent and weak women o Ethnicity: protection/discrimination by skin colour – BLM a recent reminder of this o The media: presentation of victims, citizens, scroungers affect society – some societies, media does not engage – impacts how society sees them o Political ideologies: (why) is neo-liberalism more controlling than social democracy? Privileged more likely to set what is deserving and so are more likely to be the ones fitting in that category Four double seminars Seminar 1: Social policy and the deserving and undeserving citizens Seminar 2: Victimology and the ideal/non-ideal victim Seminar 3: Victims, the media and the CJS Seminar 4: The public representation and public voice of victims and citizens To prepare − − − For lectures: read at least one of the key texts For 4 seminars: Read the key readings identified and prepare according to guidance. Everything is electronically available – in library or on BB For the essay − − − 1500 words (40%), due Friday, 19th March 2021, 5pm Essay questions and a guide to writing it on Blackboard Start planning: which topic? Which readings? When will you write the essay? For the exam − Reading, writing, attendance