CRJ 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Control, Jeremy Bentham, Open Prison
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2/1/2017 and 2/6/2017 lecture (based off chapter 2): history of corrections. Money and politics: strong central themes in correctional history. Social control: use of institutions to remove punishments from public view (foucault, 1979; Tribal groups: wealth and status of the offender were key to the extent of punishment. Could pay to have a proxy stand in for you and take the punishment (specifically for lashes) System would avoid shaming the wealthy, but made certain to do it on the poorer offenders: focus on the actor, but not on the behavior. Religious influence over forms of punishment: greater influence in ancient societies and primitive social groups (garland, 1990, prevalent in catholic european countries. Prior to the 12th century: fines as punishment for injury and acts of violence. Industrial revolution allowed incarceration because machines were doing everything and they could afford the loss of workers. First type of correctional facility to develop. Wealthy citizens could pay for more comfortable accommodations: catholic church.
