CRM 1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Total Institution, Solitary Confinement, Elizabeth Fry

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 1301
• Professor: Carolyn Gordon

Document Summary

Standing up for something you believe in addiction. Social disorder, lack of discipline in society, traditional institutions have all broken down, people are simply not deterred(conservative ideology) Liberal ideology: looking at the bigger picture, society is to blame. It is not meeting people"s needs *see readings for both* Educational programs in societies with higher crime rate. Help children, identify the signs: ex big brother big sister program. Conservative: re-establish social order and discipline, stiffer punishments, offender commits crime because of free will. Liberal: focusing on basic human rights, more social programs, meet the needs of those who are disadvantages, be more humane, focus on rehabilitation. Focus on the criminal, who has to be helped and rehabilitated, ensure that individual gets help they need. Form of punishment that deters general public as well as the criminal himself. 247 jails and prisons: 70 prisons, 177 jails.