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"The Parent I Never Had": The Contemporary Construction of Alternatives to Incarceration

dc.contributor.authorSloop, John M., 1963-
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-14T16:01:18Z
dc.date.available2009-07-14T16:01:18Z
dc.date.copyright1992
dc.date.issued1992
dc.identifier.citationSloop, John M. "'The Parent I Never Had': The Contemporary Construction of Alternatives to Incarceration." Communication Studies 43.1 (1992): 1-13.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1803/3182
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1051-0974&volume=43&issue=1&spage=1
dc.description.abstractThis essay is developed along two lines. First, I investigate contemporary arguments and public discussions from which the concept of "alternative punishments" is being constructed and speculate about the influence of these constructions on how prisoners, laws, and morality are viewed publicly. I suggest that the current construction of alternatives to incarceration encourage all members of our culture to accept and encourage dominant definitions of "proper" behavior. Second, I use the essay as a representation of the utility of recent moves to incorporate poststructuralist themes into communication studies, most notably those emerging from the recent discussion of a "critical rhetoric."en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis is an electronic version of an article published in Communication Studies 43.1 (1992): 1-13. Communication Studies is available online at: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/.en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherCentral States Communication Association (U.S.)en
dc.subject.lcshAlternatives to imprisonmenten
dc.subject.lcshCriminals -- Rehabilitationen
dc.subject.lcshRecidivismen
dc.subject.lcshPoststructuralismen
dc.title"The Parent I Never Had": The Contemporary Construction of Alternatives to Incarcerationen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.typeTexten
dc.description.collegeCollege of Arts & Science
dc.description.departmentDepartment of Communications Studies


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