CRM 2306 Lecture Notes - Solitary Confinement, Auburn System, Distribution Of Wealth
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Lecture 2: the birth of modern prison and the role of state punishment. George rusche was first to try and place crime in a social context. In his work he tried to look at why certain punishment practices emerged in particular circumstances. His theory is when we change penal practices, it is partially explained by an economic structure, the labour patterns in given societies. Guiding premise: to understand shifts in penalty we must look beyond the causes of. Crime" and situate punishment practices within the social contexts in which they emerge. The development of legal institutions is a history and relationship between the rich and the poor people in society. Unemployed masses tend to commit crimes of desperation because of hunger and deprivation, and they will only be stopped from doing so by cruel penalties. In this given context, the fact of being given food in prison would make prison an enticement, not a deterrent.