Security, the state, and the citizen: the changing architecture of crime control

Citizenship has become a buzz word of political discourse and policy formation. Recent formulations convey the message that rights are contingent on earning membership in a political community and carry corresponding responsibilities. Acquiring citizenship entails a more rigorous process of validation and conformity with prescribed norms. The notion of probationary citizenship (developed in respect of immigrants) is extended to all those whose standing as full citizens is in doubt. Citizenship comes to be used as a means of policing and a tool of the criminal law. Assertion of the states' duty to provide security for bona fide citizens provides the rationale for measures that are preemptive, exclusionary, and pay scant regard to precedural proprieties. They create a caste of outlaws and aliens whose status renders them suspect aside from any wrongdoing; whose interests are compromised in the name of protecting the public; and who must requalify to enjoy full citizenship. One means of resisting these trends is adherence to a liberal model of the criminal law and assertion of due process protections as security rights for all individuals against the state.Published as: Zedner, L. (2010). 'Security, the state, and the citizen: the changing architecture of crime control', New Criminal Law Review 13(2), 379-403. © 2010 Regents of the University of California. Copying and permissions notice: Authorization to copy this content beyond fair use (as specified in Sections 107 and 108 of the U. S. Copyright Law) for internal or personal use, or the internal or personal use of specific clients, is granted by the Regents of the University of California for libraries and other users, provided that they are registered with and pay the specified fee via Rightslink® on [Caliber (http://legacy.ucpress.net/)] or directly with the Copyright Clearance Center, http://www.copyright.com. The full-text of this article is not currently available in ORA, but you may be able to access the article via the publisher copy link on this record page