CRCJ 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Mass Incarceration, Halfway House, Security Level
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We cannot think that the variation of punishment is conditional to the crime. The variations of punishment is separated from the variations of crime. A lot of refinement in ways to punish and torture. Punishment is a demonstration of the ruler"s might. Show what you"re going to do to bodies if the disobey the laws of the land. 14th - 15th centuries: rise in use of death penalty. The way in which punishments vary through time is related to the economy and the market. The rise of the death penalty was mainly the result of some bodies being expendable. The severity of punishment will decline where the need for labour is great. Invest in humans rather than dispose of them. What we see is the relation between labour and the political views at the time. 16th - 18th centuries views at the time.