Sociology 2256A/B Lecture : Sociology of Corrections.docx

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2256A/B
• Professor: Prof

Document Summary

Punishment and corrections in the early 21st century. The severity of punishment is modified, how harshly we punish people. Explanations of criminal behavior change, how laws around certain behavior change. New structural arrangements are established, if we have the space to criminalize something, do we have the resources for these things (ie. The number or proportion of offenders involved in the correctional process changes. Punishment by imprisonment was rare, prisons used as a means or place to store people while waiting trial or execution. Ecclesiastical prisons run by the catholic church, this is when we started to see prisons as a form of punishment. Fed them a strict diet and allowed them time for self reflection. These ecclesial run prisons were seen as early as the 6th century and were quite common by the. These prisons were unique because they kept the prisoner alive at the time it was common place to torture until death or execute a criminal.