CRI340H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Prison Reform, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences, Will Horton And Sonny Kiriakis
9 Aug 2022
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P2 20th c shifts in punishment. P3 contemporary innovations & the canadian context. A brief history of prison building & expansion. Concluded w/ the claim that prison reform has never questioned the existence of prison. Despite hundreds of years of reform, the prison remains. Late 20th c, saw major growth in prison building & incarceration. First generation scholarship built on these classic works to start what is now known formerly as the sociology of punishment. Considered the pioneer or father of modern punishment theory. Formally trained as a sociologist, interested in social theory. Interested in relationship btw punishment & social structure \ Argues that punishment is a social institution. Punishment informs culture, culture redirected/reflected in punishment. Punishment always intended to address wider population than individual target. Not just about ensuring some individual person is held accountable for their crime serves larger function. Communicates meaning through symbols, signs, rhetorical devices.
