Racist and political extremist graffiti in Australian Prisons, 1970s to 1990s
- Authors: Wilson, Jacqueline
- Date: 2008
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice Vol. 47, no. 1 (2006), p. 52-66
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- Description: Abstract: The article discusses graffiti found in Australian prison museums, in particular racist and extreme nationalist texts and images. The rise of prisoners' rights movements brought a concurrent reactive move to the political Right among prison officers. This enabled far-Right and racist elements among staff to become influential in a number of prisons. Similarities are noted between Australian prison graffiti and graffiti found in British prisons in the 1990s, as reported by the British Commission for Racial Equality (CRE). The CRE found that prisons in Britain fostered a culture of racism. Apparent motivations of Australian and British graffitists show much common ground including a sense of national dispossession, far-Right sentiment and social disaffection. It is concluded that the radically enclosed and violent nature of the prison exacerbates these issues, effectively promoting far-Right tendencies among prisoners and staff.
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- Description: 2003006368
Ambient hate : Racist graffiti and social apathy in a rural community
- Authors: Wilson, Jacqueline
- Date: 2014
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Howard Journal of Criminal Justice Vol. 53, no. 4 (2014), p. 377-394
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- Description: This article examines racist street graffiti found in the rural city in which the author lives, especially in the environs of schools. Local authorities' commitment to the timely removal of such graffiti is questioned, and the ambiance in which expressions of hate are considered an unremarkable aspect of the social environment is examined. As Australia experiences influxes of migrant and refugee groups, plus increasing numbers of temporarily-resident overseas students, many municipalities, rural and urban, are seeing major changes in their demographics. Such changes can exacerbate social tensions that can, in turn, be subsumed into the social matrix. © 2014 The Howard League and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.