The Process Is the Punishment: Thirty Years Later

Abstract

This essay reviews the arguments and impacts of the classic work,The Process Is the Punishmentby Malcolm Feeley, originally published in 1979 and republished with a new foreword and preface in 1992. This essay examines how the book has been used in sociolegal research since 1979 by empirically tracing its citation in published work. I also examine missed opportunities whereThe Process Is the Punishmentcould still expand its impact in the literature, as well as reviewing the major arguments and criticisms of the book.