PSYC39H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Restorative Justice, Therapeutic Community, Egyptian Popular Current
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Over time there"s been shift from individualized rehab programs to punishment. Utilitarian model=ppl engage in criminal behaviour because crime pays reduce crime=costs must table 4. 1, p. 108 decreasing chances of crime increase. Refined model: rewards for crime reduced and costs increased; rewards for prosocial behaviour increase and costs decreased rehab approach appears to be losing ground in canada (despite evidence that it"s more effective than punishment) Canadian criminal code: sentencing to ensure respect for law and maintenance of a just, peaceful, and safe society. Other key purposes: denounce unlawful conduct, remove offenders from society, assist in rehab of offenders, provide reparation to victims, and promote sense of responsibility in offenders. Obvious goal: change criminal behaviour of those coming in contact w/ courts through means of specific and general deterrence; expectation: sanctions by courts=reduce criminal behaviour of individual and general population. Underlying assumptions w/ punishment and rehab extremes. Rehab extreme described as soft (liberal), views thatthose committing crimes no different than others.