SOC313H1 Chapter 6: Chapter 6 Punishing.docx
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radicals calling for abolition of punishments, majority seen punishment as best mean to regulate peoples conducts the forms of punishments applied to offenders are more questionable. Theories of punishments: focus on explaining the aim of punishments. a social fact that can control deviant behaviors. method of internalizing social norms into the basis of self-control. The former group: utilitarian, consequentialists and reductivist approach. to deterrence both the individuals being punished and the potential offenders. The latter group: redistributive and just deserves punishments. focus on punishing the offenders who already committed deviant acts. the punishment fits the crime offenders need to be proportionately punished. Interpreting the aim of punishment as prevention of future crimes according to the level of harm created by the crime. Sociological perspective: seen punishment functioned as social support of particular group regime and cultural implication for society.
