SOC 3740 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Restorative Justice, Private Prison

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 3740
• Professor: C Yule

Document Summary

Direct law-risk offenders away form the negative effects of incarceration. In theory, threat of early detection deters offender from committing crime. Large # of technical breaches could produce modest net savings (e. g. , scottish study) U(cid:374)a(cid:374)ti(cid:272)ipated (cid:858)(cid:272)ost(cid:859): relatives felt pressure & anxiety related to their role in monitoring their family member. Electronic monitoring in canada (bonta et al. Conclusion: in general, em added little value to more traditional forms of community control. Ideally you divert people away form jail in total. Video by cbc form mission bc, on how restorative justice is applied right now. The incorporation of inmates and victims of crime, working together. Set up and maintained by a previous felon. Inmates travel form prison every morning and back at the end of the day. Inclusion: provide opportunities for parties with a stake in a specific crime to participate in its resolution. Action directed from state to offender: victim ignored offender passive. Devoid of moral, social, economic, political dimensions.