SOC371H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Substance Abuse, Neoliberalism
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Moore and hannah-moffat: the liberal veil: revisiting canadian penalty. Some suggest that we have entered a new age of punitiveness characterized by the rise of boot camps and the use of death penalty. While others see the rise of punitiveness is mixed in with the introduction of neoliberal strategies that mandate efficiency and effectiveness. There is a degree of consensus that rehabilitation has been replaced with more punitive mentalities. Exploring punishment in canada is important: canada"s incarceration rates are closer to those other western nations than the. U. s: the practices and rationales of punishment in canada are exported through the. The canadian model of punishment operates under a liberal veil and is increasingly popular and far removed from the kind of punishment described through the punitive turn thesis. The notion of a punitive turn fails to capture the complexity and diversity of canadian penalty.
