AJ 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Bourgeoisie

• School: Irvine Valley College
• Department: Administration of Justice
• Course: AJ 2
• Professor: Jones

Document Summary

French philosopher: thinks we punish in order to reaffirm moral order: we don"t punish for deterrence, but we do it to make the honest people feel better, we have these expressive institutions. Friedman (examples of ways that durkheim, foucault, and etc. Punishment is a social phenomenon, a tool of class control. Everything about the economy and the conflict between the working class and the bourgeoisie. A lot of the way he thinks is how crime happens and what role punishment plays in the economy (speaking specifically about the industrial revolution) If the demoralization of the worker passes beyond a certain point then it is just . Drukheim and marx both think that crime is inevitable. Durkheim thinks no matter what kind of social condition crime is inevitable. He thinks it is going to vary with economic conditions. When you have a worker that is so demoralized, they are going to commit crime.