Punishment

Question 1

What are the five purposes of punishment according to Newburn

Answer 1

rehabilitation
protection of society
retribution
boundary maintenance
restorative justice

Question 2

What is Weberianism? (come back to)

Question 3

How is punishment changing form?

Answer 3

Sovereign power -> disciplinary power

Question 4

what is penal warfarism (garland)

Answer 4

We have now moved into a new era in which a ‘punitive state’ enforces a ‘culture of control’ –the state now seeks to control crime and punish offenders. Politicians increasingly use the issue of crime control, and ‘being tough on crime’ as a means to win elections

Question 5

what do rusche and kirchheimer believe about the changing forms of punishment? (marxist)

Answer 5

they believe that punishment changes as economic need changes. They see the change in punishment from the physical punishments, to transportation and now with cheap prison labour. This reflects the changing economic needs of the dominate class.
physical punishments
transportation
cheap prison labour

Question 6

what are the rates of reoffending in prisons?

Answer 6

22%

Question 7

are prisons effective?

Answer 7

• bad experience in prison = puts people off committing crime again
• reforming and resocialisation

Question 8

are prisons ineffective?

Answer 8

labelling

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