CH 1 POVs of Crime and Punishment Flashcards
(26 cards)
what is corrections essentially
- punishes, treats, supervises accused or convicts
- carcereal (prison) and non- carcereal (community)
- protects public
what does a sentence do
- determines where offender goes in Corrections process
remand
detention for the non-convicts
here cuz they may serve some sort of threat
Why do the ways we handle people going into the CJS changes overtime?
- how we describe criminal behaviour changes
- punishments become more severe
- prison structure changes
- the # of offenders coming in changes
some methods used on criminals during the medieval times
- stoning
- burning alive
- hanging
- exile
Difference betw Corporal and Capital Punishments
Corporal = things that caused immense pain and suffering to criminal ex. whipping, stoning
Capital = things to then cause death to criminal ex. burning alive, hanging, various torture methods like cat w 9 tails whip
who ran prisoons back in the day
churches
What was Galley Slavery
picking the poor off teh streets, deem them as prisoners, use them as slaves
Transportation back in the day
transporting those who r exiled onto other islands on boats to then do hard labour
England’s Bloody Code
if u commit crime = you die
Who brought Corrections ideas to Canada
England DUH COLONIZEEEERRS
what is a Punishment
- consequence for breaking the law
explain Classical POV of Crime and its downfalls
- criminal behaviour occurs cuz ppl have free will to WANT to do crime
- punishment shud be swift, certain and proportionate to crime
- punishing proportionately = deterring
- punishment NOT revenge
- does not take into account external reasons for crime ex. poverty, race, sexism
explain Positivist POV and its downfalls
- looks at how Offenders are different from non-offenders and that we need to focus on rehabing them
- ways to rehab them shud revolve around their circumstances
- doesnt take into account the offenders that offend do to their free will of doing so
explain the Critical Radical POV and its downfalls
- crimes happen cuz the rich are exploiting the poor so there are criminials that revolt against them
- rich are the reasons as to why there is homelessness
- rich ppl are disgustin fr
- doesnt take into account victims or the crime impacts on communites
name the Objectives of Punishment
RDDIRRJ
Retribution
Denunciation
Deterrence
Incapacitation
Rehabilitation
Restorative Justice
Objective of Punishment : Retribution
- focuses on the Offense itself
- focuses on PUNISHMENT but NOT revenge
- punishments shud b PROPORTIONATE
- criminals r responsible for their own behaviours
Objective of Punishment : Denunciation
- focuses on Offense itslef
- we blame society’s values
- when punishing the offender, it tell/show public that the behaviour is bad
ex. posting shoplifter photos on door
Objective of Punishment : Deterrence
- focuses on Offender themselves and future ones
- wants to prevent more crime from happening
- General Deterrence = showing publlic behaviour bad
- Individual Deterrence = deterring on guy
- punihsment is swift, certain, and severe enof
Objective of Punishment : Incapacitation
- putting in prisons or remand for public safety
- focuses on Offender themselves
- lets offender know what theyve done
Objective of Punishment : Rehab
- focuses on the NEEDS of Offender
- we wanna rehab them to then help them integrate back to society
- aiming to reduce recidivism
Objective of Punishment : Restorative Justice
- indegenous approach
- invovles the offender, victim and community
- aims to reintegrate the offender
Punitive Penology
- how crime and punishment are now
- more strict responses to offenders
- increased severity of punishments
Penial Populism
PENALTY
- politicians use the promoting of penial penolgy to appeal to public
