Sexual abuse of prisoners is reframed as prisoner deviance

Evidence

If the sexual offender is seen as sick, then one attempts to cure rather than punish him; if the typical shoplifter is seen as the ‘harmless little old woman’ or the ‘kleptomaniac’, then this group will be less subject to formal legal sanctions. … An integral part of the conceptual machinery then, is the body of justifications and rationalizations for acting in a particular way towards the deviant. — Cohen, Stanley, Folk devils and moral panics, 339 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Victims’ aggression gets reframed as the victim’s own deviance; Societal control culture responds differently based on stereotypes of deviance. — Cohen, Stanley, Folk devils and moral panics: the…, 339; Prisons preserve racist and misogynist practices society has nominally abandoned (+3 more)

Related

• Victims’ aggression gets reframed as the victim’s own deviance (similarity 0.83)
• Societal control culture responds differently based on stereotypes of deviance. (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Prisons preserve racist and misogynist practices society has nominally abandoned #exemplifies (0.70)
• Army hierarchy institutionalized cover-up of torture and abuses #expands (0.60)
• Societal control culture responds differently based on stereotypes of deviance. #complicates (0.50) — Cohen, Stanley, Folk devils and moral panics, 339