SOC 271 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Social Control, Victims Family, Social Disorganization Theory
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Soc271 lecture 21 - systems of social control. Classic approach: attempting to make pain of punishment (cost) higher than level of pleasure (profit/benefit) of commiting crime. Restorative justice: make-up losses to victim of crime. Person who lost car does not have a car still. Example: if thief steals a cow, thief"s family must give victim"s family a cow back. In small-village environment where everyone knows each-other. There was a time when the white minority ruled black majority. Nelson mandela: became first president of liberated south africa. Everyone expected revenge-massacre of whites after liberation. If told the truth of your crimes, and asked for forgiveness, was forgiven for crimes. Because main resource to families was knowledge of what happened to their relatives. Panel of victims then speaks about effect of crime on them. The main hope is for rehabilitation/healing of all parties. Due to level of access to resources of convicted criminal.
