SOC301H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Social Isolation, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Protestant Work Ethic
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As a deterrent, specific intended for the specific offender, general for the community to know that a certain act is not acceptable. Retribution, want the offender to pay back something. Maintain social order, make rules for society to follow so it wont be chaotic. Annunciation, saying what you did was wrong. Segregate people from society, presumably the bad people. 95% of people from a federal correctional facility are going back to society after their sentence is finished. Prison has no effect on recidivism rates, sometimes it might be worse, if you send someone to prison because you don(cid:495)t want them to commit a crime, it. You don(cid:495)t commit crimes when you(cid:495)re in prison. Research does not suggest crime rates reduced by raising severity seems worse. Incapacitation those to prison who are high risk and a risk to society. Having the criminal living with the criminal record. Protestant work ethic in prison, god is good, employing the poor.
