Contents: Ethnomethodology, conversation analysis and the sociology of law, John F. Manzo. Exempl... more Contents: Ethnomethodology, conversation analysis and the sociology of law, John F. Manzo. Exemplary Studies: Introduction to part I, Max Travers Practical sociological reasoning: some features in the work of the Los Angeles Suicide Prevention Center, Harold Garfinkel The lawyer's work, Harvey Sacks Contested evidence in courtroom cross-examination: the case of a trial for rape, Paul Drew The presentation of victim and motive in discourse: the case of policy interrogations and interviews, Rod Watson Preliminary notes on Judges' work: the Judge as a constituent of courtroom hearings, Michael Lynch. Contemporary Contributions: Introduction to part II, Max Travers I'm sorry we had to meed under these circumstances: verbal artistry (and wizardry) in the Kennedy Smith rape trial, Gregory Matoesian Record-keeping practices in the policing of juveniles, Albert J. Meehan Justice as a phenomenon of order: notes on the organization on a jury deliberation, Douglas W. Maynard and John F. Manzo Remorse, redress and reform: blame-taking in the courtroom, Martha Komter Practicing law: a study of pedagogic interchange in a law school classroom, Stacy Burns Index.
Introduction: Private Security in the Twenty-First Century EVEN IN THE YEARS BEFORE SEPTEMBER 11,... more Introduction: Private Security in the Twenty-First Century EVEN IN THE YEARS BEFORE SEPTEMBER 11, SECURITY PERSONNEL WERE EVERYWHERE. In the United States, for example, Benson (1998) estimated that there were two and one-half private security officers for every municipal police officer, a trend that Jones and Newburn (1999) noted is increasing in their study of the private security industries in the United States and the United Kingdom. Waard (1999) saw the same trend in several other European countries. Newburn (2001) tied this growth to an increase in privately owned environments and the privatization of what had traditionally been public space in Western societies. Williams and Johnstone (2000) further considered the growing presence of, and reliance on, closed-circuit television (CCTV) in Britain as evidence of the increasing intrusion of private security in public realms. In Canada, Sanders (2005) noted a 67% increase in employment in this sector between 1991 and 2001, again, b...
This study concerns behaviors of persons in planned spaces, namely, enclosed shopping malls, with... more This study concerns behaviors of persons in planned spaces, namely, enclosed shopping malls, with particular interest in practices conducive to social control in those settings. As an ethnomethod-ological investigation, it addresses lived social experiences of actors in these sites and not only the deliberate agendas of security firms. Its focus is how persons orient to design elements of shopping malls—corridors, furniture, and flooring—and how these design features are construable as “play-ers ” in those contexts. The author examines how design can militate techniques of social-interac-tional management produced by actors themselves, sometimes unforeseen in architects ’ or design-ers ’ plans. This research suggests a broadening of the notion of social control beyond formal and informal human sources to include the physical features of spaces, spaces like shopping malls, and not only of prisons or similar institutions. This study advises that inanimate objects and the spaces that c...
Contemporary social life is often depicted, in and out of the social sciences, as an ever-worseni... more Contemporary social life is often depicted, in and out of the social sciences, as an ever-worsening subterfuge of alienation, ennui, and the systematic destruction of traditional, human-scaled, publicly-accessible, “organic” sociality that people once enjoyed. In this paper I do not contend that these trends in our social and commercial landscape are not happening. I will instead contend that conventional face-to-face sociability thrives even in the face of the loss of many traditional public meeting places. My focus in this piece is on social interaction in independent cafes that are known, and that self-identify, as what coffee connoisseurs term “third-wave” coffeehouses. Deploying the analytic perspective of ethnomethodology, which prioritizes and problematizes the observed and reported lived experiences of research subjects, I argue not only that “authentic” sociality flourishes in these spaces but I also consider the role of shop employees—baristas—in them and uncover their per...
Text - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Discourse, 1993
Page 1. Jurors' narratives of personal experience in deliberation talk* JOHN F. MANZO Abstra... more Page 1. Jurors' narratives of personal experience in deliberation talk* JOHN F. MANZO Abstract The jury System occupies an important place in American legal culture, yet little is known concerning the operations of actual juries. ...
Contents: Ethnomethodology, conversation analysis and the sociology of law, John F. Manzo. Exempl... more Contents: Ethnomethodology, conversation analysis and the sociology of law, John F. Manzo. Exemplary Studies: Introduction to part I, Max Travers Practical sociological reasoning: some features in the work of the Los Angeles Suicide Prevention Center, Harold Garfinkel The lawyer's work, Harvey Sacks Contested evidence in courtroom cross-examination: the case of a trial for rape, Paul Drew The presentation of victim and motive in discourse: the case of policy interrogations and interviews, Rod Watson Preliminary notes on Judges' work: the Judge as a constituent of courtroom hearings, Michael Lynch. Contemporary Contributions: Introduction to part II, Max Travers I'm sorry we had to meed under these circumstances: verbal artistry (and wizardry) in the Kennedy Smith rape trial, Gregory Matoesian Record-keeping practices in the policing of juveniles, Albert J. Meehan Justice as a phenomenon of order: notes on the organization on a jury deliberation, Douglas W. Maynard and John F. Manzo Remorse, redress and reform: blame-taking in the courtroom, Martha Komter Practicing law: a study of pedagogic interchange in a law school classroom, Stacy Burns Index.
Introduction: Private Security in the Twenty-First Century EVEN IN THE YEARS BEFORE SEPTEMBER 11,... more Introduction: Private Security in the Twenty-First Century EVEN IN THE YEARS BEFORE SEPTEMBER 11, SECURITY PERSONNEL WERE EVERYWHERE. In the United States, for example, Benson (1998) estimated that there were two and one-half private security officers for every municipal police officer, a trend that Jones and Newburn (1999) noted is increasing in their study of the private security industries in the United States and the United Kingdom. Waard (1999) saw the same trend in several other European countries. Newburn (2001) tied this growth to an increase in privately owned environments and the privatization of what had traditionally been public space in Western societies. Williams and Johnstone (2000) further considered the growing presence of, and reliance on, closed-circuit television (CCTV) in Britain as evidence of the increasing intrusion of private security in public realms. In Canada, Sanders (2005) noted a 67% increase in employment in this sector between 1991 and 2001, again, b...
This study concerns behaviors of persons in planned spaces, namely, enclosed shopping malls, with... more This study concerns behaviors of persons in planned spaces, namely, enclosed shopping malls, with particular interest in practices conducive to social control in those settings. As an ethnomethod-ological investigation, it addresses lived social experiences of actors in these sites and not only the deliberate agendas of security firms. Its focus is how persons orient to design elements of shopping malls—corridors, furniture, and flooring—and how these design features are construable as “play-ers ” in those contexts. The author examines how design can militate techniques of social-interac-tional management produced by actors themselves, sometimes unforeseen in architects ’ or design-ers ’ plans. This research suggests a broadening of the notion of social control beyond formal and informal human sources to include the physical features of spaces, spaces like shopping malls, and not only of prisons or similar institutions. This study advises that inanimate objects and the spaces that c...
Contemporary social life is often depicted, in and out of the social sciences, as an ever-worseni... more Contemporary social life is often depicted, in and out of the social sciences, as an ever-worsening subterfuge of alienation, ennui, and the systematic destruction of traditional, human-scaled, publicly-accessible, “organic” sociality that people once enjoyed. In this paper I do not contend that these trends in our social and commercial landscape are not happening. I will instead contend that conventional face-to-face sociability thrives even in the face of the loss of many traditional public meeting places. My focus in this piece is on social interaction in independent cafes that are known, and that self-identify, as what coffee connoisseurs term “third-wave” coffeehouses. Deploying the analytic perspective of ethnomethodology, which prioritizes and problematizes the observed and reported lived experiences of research subjects, I argue not only that “authentic” sociality flourishes in these spaces but I also consider the role of shop employees—baristas—in them and uncover their per...
Text - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Discourse, 1993
Page 1. Jurors' narratives of personal experience in deliberation talk* JOHN F. MANZO Abstra... more Page 1. Jurors' narratives of personal experience in deliberation talk* JOHN F. MANZO Abstract The jury System occupies an important place in American legal culture, yet little is known concerning the operations of actual juries. ...
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