SOC 4033 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: International Covenant On Civil And Political Rights, Economic Sanctions, Day-Fine
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Study questions, soc 4033 comparative perspectives on criminal justice systems, 10/21-24. Punishment: attempts to maintain social order require governments to identify, capture, process, and punish persons who violate the law. Note that the transportation system used in australia (p. 230) was very interesting. Retribution: possibly the oldest of these, is considered by some to reflect a basic human tendency toward vengeance. Deterrence: has two prongs, specific and general deterrence. General: means that the offender is punished in the belief that the penalty. Specific: means that the offender is punished for the express purpose of deterring his or her personal acts of future wickedness. will prevent other people from committing a similar crime. Rehabilitation: was recognized as a legitimate goal of punishment as early as the eighteenth century. Incapacitation: as a punishment goal refers, in its most general sense, to restricting an offender"s freedom of movement.
