Deceptive apparatus: Foucauldian perspectives on law, authorised crime and the rationalities of undercover investigation

Title: Deceptive apparatus: Foucauldian perspectives on law, authorised crime and the rationalities of undercover investigation
Creator: Murphy, Brendon
Relation: Griffith Law Review Vol. 25, Issue 2, p. 223-244
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10383441.2016.1194956
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2016
Description: Investigation of crime is central to the function and purpose of law enforcement. Contemporary investigation depends on a sophisticated arsenal of theories and techniques interacting with law and its institutions in a variety of ways, including authorised unlawful activity. Drawing on Foucault, this article re-imagines the investigation and associated legal architectures as apparatus; a rationality and strategy of governance shaped by intersecting knowledge formations. The paper considers the key characteristics of investigation and its relationship with law, concluding that investigations practices are a form of apparatus, and that aspects of these practices are grounded in a theological dynamic based on surveillance.
Subject: criminal investigation; authorised crime; apparatus; dispositif; Foucault; theoretical study
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1328270
Identifier: uon:25868
Identifier: ISSN:1038-3441
Language: eng
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