SOC371H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Insomnia, Total Institution, Social Control
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Lsi is only used for placement within jail security. You want to identify the riskiest pop so you can prevent them from being risky. Its about determining how to target ones with highest risk. Risk is not about normalization [people who have similar factors are likely to put them in high risk. Individual responsible for mitigating his own risk should have known better than to steal. Preventative detention used as selective incapacitation mode. People with high risk sentences longer so stay out of society long. Eg sex offenders kept in jail for long then upon release send to hospital. Who is making determination on sex offender (risk assessment) psychiatrists. They cant determine active violence any better than the public. People detained for long have long term incarceration based on how they score. How to balance between public safety and individual liberty. Risk is about determining who needs access to most targeted forms of governance.
