Papers by Katherine Baggaley
Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health, 2019
Journal of Military Ethics, 2019
Although previous studies have examined killing as an outcome-oriented measure, few have explored... more Although previous studies have examined killing as an outcome-oriented measure, few have explored non-killing as a socially organized process. Using letters written by soldiers, police officers, and security professionals found in the magazine Soldier of Fortune, this study examines cases in which they refrain from killing their opponents. Our results indicate that refrained killings by these actors are socially organized in ways that are shaped by situational, environmental, technological, administrative, and moral factors. In addition, it was found that when police officers and soldiers realized the humanity of their opponents, they employed alternative methods to subdue or control without using lethal force, despite situational and legal justifications for doing so. Implications for the sociology, psychology, and ethics of killing – or not killing – are discussed.
Published over 30 years ago, Seductions of Crime has transformed criminology as a discipline, the... more Published over 30 years ago, Seductions of Crime has transformed criminology as a discipline, the foreground factors that make criminal behavior a morally alluring endeavor deemed an important point to consider in accounts of criminal action by those even in mainstream criminology. In this chapter, we provide an update and revision to Katz's theory of righteous slaughter in an institutional context. We argue that killing is an overcoming, a negotiated and contingent outcome that is accomplished through the emotional and behavioral management of the self, the killing a reflexive reaction, driven by fear and excitement of the situation, peppered with a heavy heaping of moral agonizing. We argue that the killings and refrained killings carried out by soldiers and police are negative character, lacking the sensuous and affirmative character of an ontological project that Katz described.
A 2015 SURVEY of jail populations found that nationwide in the United States twothirds of the inc... more A 2015 SURVEY of jail populations found that nationwide in the United States twothirds of the incarcerated population in county jails are pretrial defendants awaiting a resolution for their case (Ortiz, 2015). The question of whether to detain or release defendants while they await trial is one of the most critical decision points in the pretrial phase, given its direct implications for operating costs and the jail population. In certain cases, pretrial detention may be justified for public safety or decreased flight risk, yet research suggests that it can also lead to negative collateral consequences such as job loss, weakened family bonds, increased likelihood of being convicted and sentenced to jail or prison, and increased probable sentence length if incarcerated (Phillips, 2008; Pogrebin, Dodge, & Katsampes, 2001). The use of electronic monitoring (EM) technologies to supervise pretrial defendants may prevent some of these collateral consequences, potentially increase the likel...
Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health
Armed Forces & Society
Various theoretical frameworks have been applied in an attempt to understand the phenomenon of ki... more Various theoretical frameworks have been applied in an attempt to understand the phenomenon of killing. While previous studies have examined killing as an outcome-oriented measure, few have explored killing as a narrative. Using letters written by soldiers, police officers, and security professionals found in the magazine Soldier of Fortune, this study examines the reported behaviors that occur during the killing process and argues that the process of killing is best understood as an adventure narrative. Applicability of findings to other homicides is discussed.
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Papers by Katherine Baggaley