@article{ART003094435},
author={Yoon, wn-ho},
title={Are ‘Abnormally Motivated Crime’ Appropriate?},
journal={Journal of Human Rights Studies},
issn={2635-4632},
year={2024},
volume={7},
number={1},
pages={193-222},
doi={10.22976/JHRS.2024.7.1.193}
TY - JOUR
AU - Yoon, wn-ho
TI - Are ‘Abnormally Motivated Crime’ Appropriate?
JO - Journal of Human Rights Studies
PY - 2024
VL - 7
IS - 1
PB - Korean Association of Human Rights Studies
SP - 193
EP - 222
SN - 2635-4632
AB - This study examines the appropriateness of the term “abnormally motivated crime” as an alternative to ‘“don't ask” crime’, which was proposed by the policing studies.
In Korea, the old authoritarian and modern social order, represented by cheerfulness and health, still maintains a legal order that punishes ‘abnormalities’ and ‘edifies’ them into normality. In such a social atmosphere, the concept of ‘abnormality’ is arbitrarily and easily applied to ‘abnormal’ beings, which not only makes the socially disadvantaged position themselves as discriminated against, but also provokes various kinds of violence based on authoritarianism.
Recent government policies that reduce criminality to the emotional state of the individual on the grounds of ‘abnormality’, and that have led to the surveillance, forced hospitalisation and self-admission of ‘mentally ill’ people, also violate international human rights law, including the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. According to the human rights model of disability, the problem of Korean society and communities failing to prevent the physicalisation of an individual's ideals should not be overlooked.
‘Abnormally motivated crime’ is not a proper word because the notion blocks the social participation of persons with psychological disabilities, and blinds them from finding out the social environment that causes their criminal acts. Therefore, the word may be improper from the interdisciplinary viewpoint, and alternative words like ‘random crime’.
KW - Abnormally Motivated Crime;‘don’t ask’ crime;UN Convention on the Right of the Persons with Disabilities;Autistic rights movement;Social Darwinism
DO - 10.22976/JHRS.2024.7.1.193
ER -
Yoon, wn-ho. (2024). Are ‘Abnormally Motivated Crime’ Appropriate?. Journal of Human Rights Studies, 7(1), 193-222.
Yoon, wn-ho. 2024, "Are ‘Abnormally Motivated Crime’ Appropriate?", Journal of Human Rights Studies, vol.7, no.1 pp.193-222. Available from: doi:10.22976/JHRS.2024.7.1.193
Yoon, wn-ho "Are ‘Abnormally Motivated Crime’ Appropriate?" Journal of Human Rights Studies 7.1 pp.193-222 (2024) : 193.
Yoon, wn-ho. Are ‘Abnormally Motivated Crime’ Appropriate?. 2024; 7(1), 193-222. Available from: doi:10.22976/JHRS.2024.7.1.193
Yoon, wn-ho. "Are ‘Abnormally Motivated Crime’ Appropriate?" Journal of Human Rights Studies 7, no.1 (2024) : 193-222.doi: 10.22976/JHRS.2024.7.1.193
Yoon, wn-ho. Are ‘Abnormally Motivated Crime’ Appropriate?. Journal of Human Rights Studies, 7(1), 193-222. doi: 10.22976/JHRS.2024.7.1.193
Yoon, wn-ho. Are ‘Abnormally Motivated Crime’ Appropriate?. Journal of Human Rights Studies. 2024; 7(1) 193-222. doi: 10.22976/JHRS.2024.7.1.193
Yoon, wn-ho. Are ‘Abnormally Motivated Crime’ Appropriate?. 2024; 7(1), 193-222. Available from: doi:10.22976/JHRS.2024.7.1.193
Yoon, wn-ho. "Are ‘Abnormally Motivated Crime’ Appropriate?" Journal of Human Rights Studies 7, no.1 (2024) : 193-222.doi: 10.22976/JHRS.2024.7.1.193
