Sociology 2256A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Kingston Penitentiary, Correctional Service Of Canada, Auburn Correctional Facility
7 Feb 2014
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Recap of major themes: correctional change, the early days, perspectives on crime, offenders and punishment, punishment and corrections in the early 21st century, restorative justice. Explanations of criminal behavior change; crime is depended on the era we live and where we live in the world and that the de nitions of crime are just subjective. New structural arrangements are established; development of parole like how we treat criminality as a change if we have an introduction of parole. The number or proportion of offenders involved in the correctional process changes; for example if we have way more offenders then we"ll have to change the process. As early as the 6th century, common by the 9th. Perspective on crime, offenders, and punishment: the classical (conservative) school; conservative type ideology, during the 18th century where we saw a switch from corporal punishment to imprisonment. Offenders exercise free will and engage in criminal behavior because of rational choices.
