WDW101Y1 Lecture : WDW340 January 25 2012.docx

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19 Apr 2012

School

UTSG

Department

Woodsworth College Courses

Course

WDW101Y1

Professor

William Watson

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Disappointment with the prisons themselves brings about positivism; science of the criminal, experimentation/data gathering, scientific theories of why the prisoners have commit crimes; highly deterministic (criminals have something wrong with them - sets in motion deterministic strand of theory. Social and economic interventions improving crime e. g. full employment rates etc. after wwii; rehabilitation as central punishment theory. Rehabilitation problem; is it fair to keep person in prison/being rehabilitated i. e. think of person with leg in cast. Moving toward punitively focused system ; removing remissions, idea that we have not been punishing people enough. Attempting to understand the place of formal punishment in the social order. Question - who is in control of punishment. Connect with various other sociological questions like feminist sociology; why women commit crimes, what particular crimes. What part does the punishment system play in the reproduction of a patriarchal society for all members of the community.

Related Questions

Describes various consequences (punishments) for crimes committed as discussed in your textbook. Do you feel that deterrence works? Why or why not? (more than 250 words)

(examples):

The punishment given for crimes can be divided into two categories, the severity of punishment and the certainty of punishment. The severity of punishment means the sanctions a criminal may face, these range from low severity such as parole, community service and low fines, to high severity such as lethal injection, long prison sentence and high fines. The certainty of punishment is based on investigation techniques and higher resources for prosecutors, this ensures the evidence is accurately matched to the crime which would increase the severity of the punishment.

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QUESTION 1

In an infinitely repeated prisoners' dilemma, in order to support (NC, NC) as the subgame perfect equilibrium outcome in every period, deviations must be punished by an infinite sequence of (C, C) forever.

True

False

QUESTION 2

Consider an arbitrary infinitely repeated game with the following stage payoffs where 1< x < y.

	A	B
A	1, 1	y, 0
B	0, y	x, x

Suppose that the discount factor of the players is unknown; it can be any number between (0, 1) with equal probability. Which of the following strategy would you choose to maximize the likelihood that (B,B) is a SPE outcome in every period?

		Some trigger strategy with 1-period punishment.
		Some trigger strategy with 10-period punishment.
		Some trigger strategy with infinite punishment.
		subgame perfect equilibrium.

Stephanie often cheats on her assignments. She justifies this behavior to herself by claiming that it is okay for her to cheat because "everyone else does it too." Which of the following defense mechanisms could be used to describe this situation?

a.displacement

b.sublimation

denial

d.rationalization

Cognitive-social theories of personality emphasize the role of:

a.personal beliefs and expectancies in guiding behavior

b.biological factors as determinants of personality

c.learned responses to past reinforcement in shaping behavior

d.	unconscious conflicts in dictating our actions in social situations

In Grayâs model, the BAS responds better to ________, whereas the BIS responds better to ________.

a.	environmental factors; genetic factors

b.	rewards; punishments

c.	punishments; rewards

d. genetic factors; environmental factors

Across cultures, people become _____ neurotic, _____ extraverted, and _____ conscientious as they age.

a.	more; more; less

b. less; less; more

c.	more; less; more

d.	less; less; less

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