CRI340H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Omnipotence, Argot, Procedural Justice
9 Aug 2022
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Culture & punishment have a bi directional relationship. Changes in one are likely to influence the other. The punitive turn in the late 20th c began from progressive attack on penal welfarism. Both have implications for the current sociopolitical context. Wwii largely paused social science research, clemme"s the prison community (1940) last major work in the field, published in 1958. Clemmer interested in prisoner adaptation to environment & important of pre-prison identity. (side note prisoners (people in prison) vs inmates (can be in various institutions) Ward and kassebaum women"s prison: sex and social structure (1966) Was in prison himself group of ex prisoners who got famous for academic influence. Influence of criminal ties & identities in pre-prison experiences. Classic study in the field of punishment/penology. Based on research at the new jersey state prison 1954-1957. At the time, was a progressive not seen as old fashioned. But still man of his time embedded in culture (homophobic, sexist language)
