SOC220H5 Lecture 7: Canadian Incarceration & Sentencing
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Soc220 lecture 7 canadian incarceration & Canada has official policy statements about what happens to prisoners: corrections and conditional release act, and prison and reformatories act. We have no explicit set of policies on who should be imprisoned. Until recently canada had a consistent approach to imprisonment. The levels of 2015, have risen again to almost 114 per 100,000. 100 per 100,000 residents for nearly half a century. The canadian justice system spending rose 23% - it now cost 000 to house a male inmate and twice that amount to house female inmates. Chapter 4 of textbook goes into more detail of what"s going on. Important historical factor the use of prison sentences was explicitly written in the criminal code in 1996: section 718. 2 higher imprisonment policies are not part of. Social conditions matter: crime is a product of social conditions which people live, crime prevention ensures the long-term success of society.
