Abstract:

Taking the popular podcast series Violation as its point of departure, this article examines the dramaturgy within the parole system, its affective politics, and its performative speech acts to consider its role in the perpetuation of mass incarceration in the United States. By training an eye on the affective economy of parole hearings, this article explores the retributive turn in the criminal legal process in the wake of neoliberal economic reforms. It focuses on the anxious performance of remorse within parole hearings as a key form of affective currency that could potentially secure release from incarceration. In the process, the article examines the significant role that remorse plays in parole hearings in entrenching a dispositional conception of personal responsibility in the criminal legal system.

 抽象：

本文以流行的播客系列 Violation 为出发点，研究了假释系统内的戏剧构作、其情感政治及其表演性言语行为，以考虑其在美国大规模监禁永久化中的作用。通过对假释听证会的情感经济的关注，本文探讨了新自由主义经济改革后刑事法律程序的报复性转变。它侧重于在假释听证会上焦虑地表现悔恨，作为一种可能确保从监禁中获释的情感货币的关键形式。在此过程中，本文研究了悔恨在假释听证会上在巩固刑事法律体系中个人责任的处置概念方面所发挥的重要作用。