SOC 3740 Chapter 1, 2, 3, 5, articles: Textbook and Article Notes
9 Oct 2016
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Chapter one: perspectives on crime and punishment: you can sat correctional change has occurred if one or more of the following happens: The security of punishment of convicted offenders is modified. New structural arrangements such as the penitentiary, are established in order to sanction offenders. The number or proportion of offenders involved in the correctional process changes: the hulk prison system were decommissioned sailing vessels that were converted in floating prisons, the classical school of punishment and correction. Said that offenders were exercising free will and they engaged in criminal behavior as a result of rational choices. If they were to change their behavior, the cast of crime needed to outweigh any benefits. Definition: a perspective on criminal offences and punishment based on the view that criminal behavior is determined and that offenders require individualized treatment. Explanations should centre on the individual rather than on society.
