SpringerLink
Log in

On the methodological foundation of the abolitionist approach to the criminal justice system. A comparison of the ideas of Hulsman, Mathiesen and Foucault

  • Published:
Contemporary Crises Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Subscribe and save

Springer+ Basic
EUR 32.99 /Month
  • Get 10 units per month
  • Download Article/Chapter or Ebook
  • 1 Unit = 1 Article or 1 Chapter
  • Cancel anytime
Subscribe now

Buy Now

Price includes VAT (France)

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Notes and references

  1. Council of Europe (1980),Report on Decriminalisation, Strasbourg, p. 19.

  2. Foucault, M. (1975),Surveiller et punir. Naissance de la prison, Paris: Gallimard, p. 236.

    Google Scholar 

  3. Bohm, R.M. (1982), ‘Radical Criminology: An Explication,’Criminology 4: 565–589.

    Google Scholar 

  4. Report on Decriminalisation, p. 13.

  5. See Foucault, M. (1970),The Order of Things: An Archeology of the Human Sciences, London: Tavistock. Foreword to the English edition, p. XV: ‘Discourse in general, and scientific discourse in particular, is so complex a reality that we not only can, but should, approach it at different levels and with different methods’. Further explication is given in Foucault, M. (1972),The Archeology of Knowledge, New York: Pantheon.

    Google Scholar 

  6. Heidegger, M. (1975),Die Grundprobleme der Phänomenologie, Gesamtausgabe Vol. 24, Frankfurt a.M.: Klostermann, p. 29.

    Google Scholar 

  7. Gadamer, H.G. (1975),Wahrheit und Methode, Tübingen: Moher, 290f.

    Google Scholar 

  8. Hulsman, L. and Bernat de Célis, J. (1982),Peines perdues. Le système pénal en question, Paris: Lelenturion, p. 107: ‘...c'est le système tout entier qu'il s'agit de faire basculer’.

    Google Scholar 

  9. Report on Decriminalisation, pp. 37–53; Hulsman, L.H.C. (1965),Handhaving van recht, Deventer: Kluwer, p. 12f; Hulsman, L.H.C., ‘Un paradigme ‘criminologique’ abolitionniste sur la catégorie du crime’. In:Colloques internationaux de C.N.R.S. No. 571. Connaissance et fonctionnement de la justice penale (1977) Paris, p. 492f.

  10. Peines perdues, pp. 142–144.

  11. Peines perdues, pp. 71, 72: Hulsman, ‘Un paradigme ‘criminologique’ abolitionniste’, p. 492f.

  12. Peines perdues, pp. 99, 130, 140.

  13. Ibid., pp. 121, 164.

  14. Ibid., pp. 39f, 106f.

  15. Ibid., pp. 39, 47.

  16. Ibid., p. 114f; Bernat de Célis, J. (1981), ‘Les grandes options de la politique criminelle; la perspective de Louk Hulsman’. In:Archives de politique criminelle, 5: 31f.

  17. Peines perdues, p. 110.

  18. Report on Decriminalisation, p. 14.

  19. Ibid., pp. 176–181;Peines perdues, p. 156–158.

  20. Husserl, E. (1976),Die Krisis der europäischen Wissenschaften und die transzendentale Phänomenologie, The Hague: Nijhoff, p. 52: ‘Das Ideenkleid macht es, dass wir fürwahres Sein nehmen, was eineMethode ist’.

    Google Scholar 

  21. Scheerer, S. (1984), ‘Die abolitionistische Perspektive,’ in: 16Kriminologisches Journal 2: 98.

    Google Scholar 

  22. Mathiesen, T. (1974),The Politics of Abolition, Oslo: Robertson, pp. 46f, 68f.

    Google Scholar 

  23. Ibid., pp. 9, 25; Mathiesen, T. (1980),Law, Society and Political Action, London: Academic Press, p. 233.

  24. Law, Society and Political Action, p. 190.

  25. The Politics of Abolition, p. 10.

  26. Law, Society and Political Action, p. 3.

  27. Ibid., pp. 224, 284–292.

  28. Ibid., pp. 226–230;The Politics of Abolition, p. 14.

  29. The Politics of Abolition, p. 211f.

  30. Ibid., pp. 100–109;Law, Society and Political Action, p. 264f.

  31. Law, Society and Political Action, pp. 15–20.

  32. Ibid., pp. 80f, 86f, 112f, 115f, 133f, 140f.

  33. Ibid., p. 150.

  34. Ibid., p. 72.

  35. Foucault, M. (1977),Language, Counter-Memory, Practice: Selècted Essays and Interviews. D.F. Bouchard (ed.), New York: Cornell University Press, pp. 227, 230.

    Google Scholar 

  36. Ibid., p. 209f.

  37. Foucault, M. (1981), ‘Omnes et Singulatim: Towards a Criticism of ‘Political Reason’. In:The Tanner Lectures on Human Values 1981, Vol. II, Cambridge, p. 254.

  38. Language, Counter-Memory, Practice, p. 217.

  39. Foucault, M. (1975) ‘Sur la sellette,’. Interviewed by J.L. Ezine. In:Les nouvelles littéraires (March 17).

  40. Foucault, M. (1982), ‘Is it Really Important to Think?’ 9Philosopy of Criticism 1: 33. An interview with D. Eribon originally published in the leftist daily newspaperLibération in Paris.

  41. Foucault, M. (1970),L'ordre du discours, Paris: Gallimard, p. 53; see also Racevskis, K. (1983),Michel Foucault and the Subversion of Intellect, London: Cornell University Press, Ch. 5.

    Google Scholar 

  42. Foucault, M.,Sur la sellette, p. 3.

  43. Language, Counter-Memory, Practice, p. 142.

  44. Ibid., p. 185.

  45. Ibid., p. 186.

  46. Foucault, M., (1972),The Archeology of Knowledge, New York: Pantheon, pp. 47, 32, 37.

    Google Scholar 

  47. Veyne, P. (1978), ‘Foucault révolutionne l'histoire’. In: P. Veyne,Comment on écrit l'histoire, Paris: Seuil, p. 204.

    Google Scholar 

  48. Foucault, M. (1970),The Order of Things: An Archeology of the Human Sciences, London: Tavistock, p. XXIV.

    Google Scholar 

  49. Language, Counter-Memory, Practice, p. 177.

  50. ‘Questions of Method: An interview with Michel Foucault’,Ideology and Consciousness, 8: 6, 1981.

  51. Foucault, M.Power and Knowledge, p. 114.

  52. Foucault, M. (1979),The History of Sexuality: Vol. I: An Introduction, London: Allen Lane, p. 85.

    Google Scholar 

  53. Power-Knowledge, p. 119.

  54. Ibid., p. 118.

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Philosophy, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Rolf S. De Folter

Authors
  1. Rolf S. De Folter
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Additional information

Dedicated to Louk Hulsman

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

De Folter, R.S. On the methodological foundation of the abolitionist approach to the criminal justice system. A comparison of the ideas of Hulsman, Mathiesen and Foucault. Contemporary Crises 10, 39–62 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00728495

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00728495

Keywords

Search

Navigation