CRM 1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Civil Death, Fecundity, Extenuating Circumstances
7 Jan 2015
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The rise of the prisons & penitentiary: rise of sentencing times. Key shifts coming from philosophies & circulations of ideas (shaped the thinking during the classical period for next essay provides context) Social contract: rise of citizens & state, common good. Massive population growth: particularly in cities, populations less homogeneous, social bonds weakened, 1830"s sir robert peel (britain, first police force, there to keep the peace, accumulation of individual wealth. 1: citizens & the rise of the nation state, expanding and becoming a powerful nation through taxation not conquering neighbouring countries, private vs. Reformation: resistance of the church power, exploitation of the poor, notion of resistance throughout the classical period. French revolution: reign of terror, devoured its own children , 1793 until 1794, association of terror with virtue, encouraged by napoleon, violent bloody rebellion a. Idea that in order to keep a population in check you should terrorise them.
