The Loughan House Controversy

The Loughan House Controversy

In October 1978, a detention centre known as Loughan House opened near Blacklion, Co. Cavan for young offenders between twelve and sixteen years of age. The history of this episode survives in folk memory as a disproportionate reaction to a perceived social crisis surrounding juvenile crime in 1970s...

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Päätekijä: Molloy, Ciara
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Julkaistu: Crime, Histoire & Sociétés 2023
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spelling openedition-oai:revues.org:chs_3349 en https://journals.openedition.org/chs/3349 2023-02-16T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/dzcq https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ The Loughan House Controversy Crime, Histoire & Sociétés Librairie Droz info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1663-4837 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1422-0857 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/chs Molloy, Ciara In October 1978, a detention centre known as Loughan House opened near Blacklion, Co. Cavan for young offenders between twelve and sixteen years of age. The history of this episode survives in folk memory as a disproportionate reaction to a perceived social crisis surrounding juvenile crime in 1970s Ireland. In order to assess the accuracy of this existing narrative, this article examines the episode through the lens of moral panic theory [MPT]. It argues that Loughan House, though not necessarily a punitive response in rhetoric or reality, nevertheless represented a failure of political imagination. This episode is particularly useful in highlighting the limitations of MPT, especially surrounding the concepts of disproportionality and punitiveness. Nevertheless, in spite of these limitations, the article contends that MPT remains valuable on both conceptual and affective levels. En octobre 1978, un centre de détention pour les jeunes délinquants âgés de douze à seize ans, Loughan House, ouvre près de Blacklion, dans le comté de Cavan (Irlande). L’histoire de cet épisode survit dans la mémoire populaire et est lié à une réaction disproportionnée à une crise sociale générée, dans l’Irlande des années 1970, par les perceptions de la criminalité juvénile. Afin d’évaluer la robustesse de ce récit, cet article examine l’épisode au travers du prisme de la théorie de la panique morale [TPM]. Il soutient que Loughan House, bien que ne relevant pas nécessairement d’une réponse punitive, ni dans la rhétorique mobilisée ni dans ses mises en œuvre, représente néanmoins un échec de l’imagination politique. Cet épisode est particulièrement utile pour souligner les limites de la TPM, notamment en ce qui concerne les concepts de disproportionnalité et de punitivité. Néanmoins, en dépit de ces limites, l’article soutient que le cadre théorie de la panique morale demeure pertinent tant sur le plan conceptuel qu’émotionnel.
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description In October 1978, a detention centre known as Loughan House opened near Blacklion, Co. Cavan for young offenders between twelve and sixteen years of age. The history of this episode survives in folk memory as a disproportionate reaction to a perceived social crisis surrounding juvenile crime in 1970s Ireland. In order to assess the accuracy of this existing narrative, this article examines the episode through the lens of moral panic theory [MPT]. It argues that Loughan House, though not necessarily a punitive response in rhetoric or reality, nevertheless represented a failure of political imagination. This episode is particularly useful in highlighting the limitations of MPT, especially surrounding the concepts of disproportionality and punitiveness. Nevertheless, in spite of these limitations, the article contends that MPT remains valuable on both conceptual and affective levels.
author Molloy, Ciara
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The Loughan House Controversy
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title The Loughan House Controversy
title_short The Loughan House Controversy
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