CRMN 3060U Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sociological Perspectives, Public Capital
5 Oct 2018
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Punishment can be physical, psychological, in public or private, formal or informal, can be a form of legal sanction, why most of us think punishment is taking out by the state. How and why we punish reflect a lot on our society. Is punishment a necessary evil? is it necessary for the raising of children, and regulation of human life, Punishment is invoked when someone has done something wrong: breached the rules, the laws, moral, social, organization, wrong doing us most likely inevitable. How does someone get defined as a rule-breaker or wrongdoer: rules and laws reflect diff interests and rules change over time. An act that intentionally inflicts pain on another person. Punishment is about deliberately causing somebody else harm or suffering, perhaps in response to an illegal act. It also implies that somebody has the right of the legitimate power to create human suffering.
