SOC371H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sage Gateshead, Lawbreakers, Penology
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Durkheim is interested in how modern societies would maintain their social order when traditional social and religious ties were weakening, and new social institutions were coming into being. Social solidarity captures the idea that shared interest, objectives, standards, and sympathies created a sense of group unity. Draws on durkheim"s claim that the punishment of offenders functions not to control crime but to enhance solidarity. david garland. (2013). Handbook of punishment and society, at p. 23. The true function" of penal sanctions is the ritualized reaffirmation of collective values and the reinforcement of group solidarity (garland 2013:23). Punishment communicates messages aimed at law-abiding citizens, not at criminals or potential criminals. Forms and extent of punishment are determined by the social values, social reactions, and social organization of the group on whose behalf punishments are imposed and not by crime control demands (garland 2013:24).
