SOC316H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Informal Social Control, Crime Prevention, Conservation-Restoration Of Cultural Heritage
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Main characteristics of: penal welfare, crime control. Traditional criminal justice approaches; how is crime prevention different from criminal justice approaches. Characterization of shift from penal welfarism to crime control . Risk society (ulrick beck & richard ericson) Actuarial justice (malcolm feeley & johnathan simon) **suggesting we entered a new epoc in crime control and it changed the way we think about crime and punishments so we punish differently and for different reasons than in the 1970s. Characterized by correctionalism and an emphasis on treatment and rehabilitation: rehabilitation taking strong hold in criminal justice system since 1940s. Focused on disciplining and reforming offenders in order to reintegrate them into society. Idea that people were going to come back in the society so they need to be rehabilitated so they can adequately contribute to society without engaging in criminal behaviour: development/expansaion of parole, probation, special youth courts. Largely deprived as approach to crime control that emerged with welfare state (early 1900s)
