LS326 Study Guide - Final Guide: Truancy, Systems Analysis, Dangerous Offender
26 Jul 2018
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The new penology: notes on the emerging strategy of corrections and its implications. Becomes most visible when one considers what has been shared across perceived lines of opposition in corrections + criminal law. Criminal law- intention to assign guilt and individual based theories of punishment. Not concerned with moral responsibility but more concerned with the criminal justice system to pursue rationality + efficiency. Language of social utility and management not individual responsibility. New discourse is the replacement of a moral or clinical description of the individual. Courts less interested in intent than in effects. A new and more punitive attitude towards punishment has emerged in recent years. New penology replaces consideration of fault with predictions of dangerousness and safety management. Risk profiles identify high-risk offenders and maintain long-term control over them while investing in shorten term control over lower risk offenders. Custodial continuum sorts individuals into groups according to degree out control warranted by risk profiles.
