A policing strategy that involves treating even minor infringements of the law harshly.
Social mores
Shared ideas of morally proper conduct
Economic determinist
The view that what happens in society is ultimately determined by economic factors
Disciplinary power
Power that seeks to get people to follow social rules by threatening them with sanctions if they do not and by encouraging the development of self-discipline
Surveillance society
A society where surveillance technology is widely used to monitor people's everyday activities.
Popular punitivism
The idea that the general public want politicians to be tough on criminals and will vote for those who promise to be so
Duet theory
The theory that it is the interaction between the victim and the offender that produces the offence
Ideal victim
Someone who fits the ideal type (or stereotype) of a victim (not ideal in the sense of preferable)
Regimes of truth
Descriptions of the world that claim the status of being true and, by doing so, serve the interests of the state
