SOC209H5 Lecture 3: SOC 209 – Lecture 3
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Soc 209 lecture 3 thinking critically about law and crime. Notion of crime and justice must be carefully considered. Fea(cid:396) so they do(cid:374)"t (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)it the (cid:272)(cid:396)i(cid:373)e agai(cid:374) Make people realize that their crimes are severe. Functionalism function of punishment to reinforce moral values. We do(cid:374)"t al(cid:449)ays (cid:396)efle(cid:272)t ou(cid:396) (cid:373)o(cid:396)al (cid:271)eliefs (cid:271)ut (cid:449)at(cid:272)hi(cid:374)g o(cid:396) k(cid:374)o(cid:449)i(cid:374)g of pu(cid:374)ish(cid:373)e(cid:374)t reinforces moral beliefs. Used for control/to get people to do what you want. Co(cid:374)t(cid:396)a(cid:448)e(cid:374)tio(cid:374) of so(cid:272)ial o(cid:396)de(cid:396) (cid:396)e(cid:395)ui(cid:396)es a (cid:862)pay (cid:271)a(cid:272)k(cid:863) to so(cid:272)iety o(cid:396) (cid:448)i(cid:272)ti(cid:373) General deterrence means that when you punish someone, we all get the message. Punishing someone deters everyone else in society. Specific deterrence deters the person who got punished. That punishment is a specific dete(cid:396)(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:272)e fo(cid:396) (cid:373)e so i do(cid:374)"t (cid:396)edo the (cid:272)(cid:396)i(cid:373)e. Three components of deterrence: certainty, severity, celerity. Celerity speed with which that punishment will occur. Certainty of which you will be caught and punished. Severity the harshness of the punishments.
