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The British Journal of Criminology 41:168-184 (2001)
© 2001 Centre for Crime & Justice Studies (formerly ISTD)

Looking for Postmodernism in all the Wrong Places

Implementing a New Penology

Lisa L. Miller*

The Pennsylvania State University. The author would like to thank Judy Aks, Lennie Feldman, Sarah Pralle and Karin Roberts for their feedback on earlier versions of this article.

This paper explores the notion of a postmodern penology by examining a crime control programme called Operation Weed and Seed in the United States. A postmodern penology abandons the idea of reducing crime through broad social programmes and rehabilitative efforts and is aimed at simply managing the harm that crime inflicts. This paper argues that while a postmodern penology may indeed be observable at the discursive level, policy implementation at the local level significantly complicates matters, reorienting programmatic goals to the ideal of crime reduction through expansive state efforts.


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