SOC205H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Jean-Paul Sartre, Post-Structuralism, Scientific Method
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From this perspective, crime is not simply a violation of formal law or an objective fact that can be discovered by using the scientific method. Crimes are linguistic constructions made by official institutions. Laws are structures of domination that have led to increased repression rather than to liberty. Foucault and jean-paul sartre during the 1968 demonstrations in paris. The prison did not discover delinquents" but rather it fabricated them. ". Before the invention of prisons, torture would be used to ensure people had fear and did not commit crime. Between 1757 and 1830 ways of dealing with criminals had changed dramatically. By 1800, we see the disappearance of punishment as a spectacle. The prisoners" day will begin at six in the morning in winter and at five in summer. They will work for nine hours a day throughout the year. Two hours a day will be devoted to instruction.
