CRM 1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Penitentiary Act, Polysemy, Japan Fm Network

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 1301
• Professor: Christine Gervais

Document Summary

New theories, new practices deprivation of liberty. Feb 12: recent development (only been around for ~300 years, roman empire = holding cell & penal servitude (not sanction, middle ages = holding cell. Bad conditions: debtor"s prison (cid:523)incarceration until they pay debts(cid:524, late 18th century = workhouses (slavery/labour/abuse)----- . County jail: dungeons or fortified rooms, residence-like conditions, run for profit (semi-private industry) Fee for viewing: no regulation of administration (privately run) Unchallenged authority of warden/jailor: disease in these facilities. Late 1700s: lack of regulation and consistency, crisis in criminal justice, transportation ceased, increased in leniency (act of 1800) = reduction in. Corporal punishment and capital punishment: enlightenment ideas challenge monarchy, crime waves overcrowding, classical criminology calls for reform & calculated, industrial revolution - labour market: need for. Solutions to crisis: hulks fall out of favour, jails become default penalty, jails become primary penalty, result = overcrowding & deplorable conditions.