Chapter 10 Flashcards
(33 cards)
Gresham Sykes
Wrote about the five deprivations prisoners face
Punishment
A form of deprivation imposed upon a person
John Locke
When a government is absent, the people decide who to punish and what the crimes are.
Retribution
Offenders deserve to be punished
Either thru revenge or just deserts
Just deserts
Believing a criminal should be punished for committing an act against a person and for committing an act against society
Expiation
Atonement through suffering
Graeme Newman
Proposed the use of painful electric shocks as a form of criminal punishment
General deterrence
Intended to deter all people from committing crime by making an example of others who have
Specific deterrence
Designed to discourage or prevent an individual offender from committing any additional crimes beyond those for which they have already been punished for
Jeremy Bentham
Offenders are rational
They consider both the pain and pleasure that can come about
Cesare beccaria
Three things needed to deter a criminal
Punishment should swiftly follow the crime
Punishment should be certain
Punishment should be proportional to the crime
Hedonism
If the pleasure outweighs the potential pain
Sigmund Freud
Human and criminal behavior is the product of forces in the unconscious mind
Incapacitation
A form of punishment that removes or reduces the offenders ability to commit criminal activities
Rehabilitation
An attempt to correct an offenders behavior to make it conform to the norms of society
B. F. Skinner & John B Watson
Believed that behavior is produced through a combination of both punishments for negative behavior and rewards for good behavior
Robert Martinson
Suggested that the rehabilitation programs were not working
However he found in a later study that it could work if the rehab programs were designed correctly
Reintegrative shaming
The offender is publicly shamed or scolded
Disintegrative shaming
Labels offenders as deviant to separate them from the community
John Braithwaite
Argues the two forms of shaming
Reintegrative and disintegrative
Dangerous classes
Certain groups of people who are targeted for punishment more than other groups
Perceptual shorthand
Used by police officers to assist in the immediate identification of persons believed to pose danger or harm to society
Culpability
Blame worthiness
Legality
People must be given fair notice of what is expected of them before they can be punished for not having lived up to those expectations