CRM/LAW C7 Lecture 19: Week 4 Lecture 1 - Goals and Forms of Punishment
8 Sep 2016
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Week 4: lecture 1 - goals and forms of punishment. Shift from punishing the body to punishing the mind. Punishment in center of town to punishment in private. Statement of the purpose or goal of corrections. Each theory has implicit or explicit blueprint for how the correctional system should be arranged, including policies, practices, and organizational structure. Some kind of notion about that theory being effective at fulfilling purpose or goal. When you commit a crime, you have hurt someone, so to balance that, you should have something done to you. Make prison as unpleasant as possible to stress pain and displeasure. Make sure prison effectively conveys the disapproval of society. Punish in a way that"s swift, certain, and severe. If it"s not preventing crime, then you haven"t gotten the balance between the 3. Recognizing that they are dangerous to society, so we are going to lock them away. Helping the person so they can better society.
