CRIM 345 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Street Justice, Penology, Electronic Journal

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 345
• Professor: Nikolay Shchitov

Document Summary

Because we have tried to convert a deeply social issue into a technical task for specialist institutions. The cumulative argument is examining the different approaches in evaluating punishment in a sociological context and having an end argument that entails all the features that are important to the study of punishment. The framework in which they work are partial and limiting and a more pluralistic approach is required. Analytical pluralism may seem obvious, but singular and reductionist views tend to dominate the field and do not provide enough information on their own in order to evaluate punishment. Therefore it is necessary to use multidimensional views on punishment in order to find and examine different factors that may constitute to it: why does the author write about punishment as a central object" of social theory. Punishment displays a complexity of function and richness of meaning sufficient to challenge sociological understanding and to repay social analysis.