CC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Summary Offence, Kingston Penitentiary, Presentence Investigation Report
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Summary offence- lesser offence, under 2 yrs in prison and ne. Mandatory minimums -ex. holding heroin or cocaine 7 yrs in prison. Extra legal factors - things such as good character (pre-sentence report), good character is not available as a mediating affect if you have a criminal background or repeat offender. The rich get richer and the poor get prison - jeff reiman. Social dynamite - steven spitzer, move from social trash to explosive population. If you get enough people who have nothing they may start protesting and trying to overthrow the government if people get angry enough. Challenges the legitimacy of the state. if employment is high, prisons empty out. If employment is low prison pop is high. Bonds and attachments to society when people are educated and jobs are available. Prisons used to be one big room and everyone was placed in that room together.
