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Body Map Storytelling: Exploring identity with lifers convicted of murder using the doctrine of ‘joint enterprise’

Hulley, Susie, Young, Tara (2022) Body Map Storytelling: Exploring identity with lifers convicted of murder using the doctrine of ‘joint enterprise’. Prison Service Journal, 2022 (261). pp. 15-20. (KAR id:92836)

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Abstract

Being convicted of murder can shatter an individual’s sense of identity, as they question who they are if they are capable of ‘this’ and struggle to weave the offence into the fabric of their life story. This psychological tumult occurs against a cultural backdrop in which the label ‘murderer’ ‘obliterate[s] all other dimensions of the 'person’. The process of reconciling the conviction with one’s sense of self is more complicated for those who have been convicted of murder as a secondary party. Drawing on ‘body maps’ created by prisoners serving life sentences for murder, in which the doctrine of joint enterprise was used at trial, this article illustrates the difficulties young people face in reconciling their sense of who they are with the identity imposed on them by the criminal justice system.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research
Depositing User: Tara Young
Date Deposited: 24 Jan 2022 14:50 UTC
Last Modified: 15 Nov 2022 12:27 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/92836 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)
Young, Tara: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6624-4177
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