SOC205H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Post-Structuralism, Scientific Method, Governmentality
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From this perspective, crime is not simply a violation of formal law or an objective fact that can be discovered by using the scientific method. Laws are structures of domination that have led to increased repression rather than to liberty. The confession effectively sealed the truth of the crime. Thus, torture was designed to uncover the truth - it was a form of power that would lead to true knowledge . The function of punishment during this period was not deterrence or specific but to demonstrate the power of the state, or more specifically the monarch (the sovereign) sovereign power. Between 1757 and 1830, ways of dealing with criminals had changed dramatically. The prisoners" day will begin at six in the morning in winter. Poststructuralist criminal thought: the end of grand narratives? objective fact that can be discovered by using the scientific method. Crimes are linguistic constructions made by official institutions.
