HUMA 1825 Study Guide - Kingston Penitentiary, Mark Macguigan, Criminal Law Of Canada

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The article explains the reasons for canada"s stability in the use of imprisonment. It has established what happens when someone goes to prison but not who should be imprisoned. It looks at historical, structural, and cultural factors which may explain the stability of imprisonment in canada. All three factors show restraint as a mechanism in the moral and legal norms of society. Corrections and conditional release act and the prison and reformatories act states what is to be done with people once they are imprisoned it does not explain who should be imprisoned. Canada has had at least until recently, a very relatively consistent approach to imprisonment that can be described and discussed. Canada: we have seen the expansion of mandatory minimum penalties, increased maximum sentences and more restrictive parole criteria. They have been criticized on the basis of their rationale, their effectiveness, their appropriateness and for being politicized.

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