SOC205H5 Lecture Notes - Risk Governance, Managerialism, Penology
Document Summary
Asserts that morality is embedded in risk and risk technologies and systems of risk management are structured around morality, moral understandings and moral assessments. Highlights the shift towards a managerial like way to addressing offenders. Suggests that this new penology that has developed is a managerial phenomenon. It"s not about transforming or disciplining, it is about managing: where we get ideas about warehousing. It is about managing the population not trying to get ppl to change. Criticizes that we have a very limited recognition and knowledge of subjectivity as well as the moral disciplinary actions of techniques. Says that we need to understand and explore the moral and political aspects of categories of risk. Wants us to consider that there is a differential impact of actuarial risk claims on different populations. Actuarial techniques are often claimed to be very efficient and objective. Concerned about the presumption that risk governance acts uniformly across populations.
