LS227 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Critical Criminology, English Canada, Social Capital
8 Nov 2018
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Understanding the functions of the system and the outcomes for society. You probably want the government to do something about people who rob or assault eachother. The question is whether that something has to be prison. Critique is about transformation; not just about judgement. Limiting the role of criminal law to deal with social problems. Incarceration doesn"t solve social problems as much as people like to think that it does. Prison doesn"t rehabilitate so it doesn"t help solve this problem. More minority officers so that people can relate to them more to decrease unfair treatment. About instead making these institutions to relate differently to society. Taylor, walton, and young, the new criminology (1973) How lived realities and lived experiences influence pattern of crime. How people influence society and how people are influenced by society. How are we shaped by society and how effective are we.
