SOCI 3150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Arson, Larceny, W. M. Keck Observatory
22 Dec 2017
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Module 1 a critical approach to corrections. Critical penology: penology : study of punishment in society, corrections: prisons (state or federal institutions) & jails (county municipal facilities holding post-arrestees, pre-trail detainees, the convicted awaiting transfer, & local convicts) Prisons hold the guilty (convicted) while jails hold the innocent (accused) Jails more dangerous bc wide variety of people some for drugs, some for murder & bc the convicted and unconverted are mixed together. America built on freedom & liberty but more people denied those freedoms by laws than in any other western country. Us incarcerates more people in real #s (2. 3mil) and per capita (690/100,000) than other countries: the imprisonment binge : irwin & austin. The tab of imprisonment is too large. Politicians nd great political capital in imprisonment hence getting tough on. Punishment/mishappenings that follow inmates long after they"re out. 3 major punishments : inability to get job. 1: disenfranchisement > loss of voting right bc of ~ ex-felon status.
