CRM 2308 Lecture : History of Punishment.docx

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 2308
• Professor: Rebecca Jesseman

Document Summary

Punishment is a social act: sanction inflicted by the community on someone who broke the rules. Punishment that society inflicts tells a lot of its values. Lady liberty: blindfold symbolizes impressionability, sword is power, scales are balance between severity and mercy. Before speech, laws were transmitting through customs. Greeks were first to examine question of criminality. Retentum: executioner would kill criminal before burning: was kept secret in order to demonstrate power. Executioners were frowned upon: entitled to keep victim"s clothes.