Chapter 10 Flashcards

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Gresham Sykes

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Wrote about the five deprivations prisoners face

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Punishment

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A form of deprivation imposed upon a person

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John Locke

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When a government is absent, the people decide who to punish and what the crimes are.

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Retribution

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Offenders deserve to be punished

Either thru revenge or just deserts

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Just deserts

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Believing a criminal should be punished for committing an act against a person and for committing an act against society

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Expiation

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Atonement through suffering

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Graeme Newman

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Proposed the use of painful electric shocks as a form of criminal punishment

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General deterrence

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Intended to deter all people from committing crime by making an example of others who have

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Specific deterrence

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Designed to discourage or prevent an individual offender from committing any additional crimes beyond those for which they have already been punished for

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Jeremy Bentham

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Offenders are rational

They consider both the pain and pleasure that can come about

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Cesare beccaria

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Three things needed to deter a criminal
Punishment should swiftly follow the crime
Punishment should be certain
Punishment should be proportional to the crime

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Hedonism

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If the pleasure outweighs the potential pain

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Sigmund Freud

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Human and criminal behavior is the product of forces in the unconscious mind

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Incapacitation

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A form of punishment that removes or reduces the offenders ability to commit criminal activities

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Rehabilitation

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An attempt to correct an offenders behavior to make it conform to the norms of society

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B. F. Skinner & John B Watson

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Believed that behavior is produced through a combination of both punishments for negative behavior and rewards for good behavior

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Robert Martinson

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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

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Reintegrative shaming

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The offender is publicly shamed or scolded

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Disintegrative shaming

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Labels offenders as deviant to separate them from the community

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John Braithwaite

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Argues the two forms of shaming

Reintegrative and disintegrative

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Dangerous classes

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Certain groups of people who are targeted for punishment more than other groups

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Perceptual shorthand

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Used by police officers to assist in the immediate identification of persons believed to pose danger or harm to society

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Culpability

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Blame worthiness

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Legality

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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

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Void for vagueness
Government is prohibited from punishing someone if a criminal law is written too vaguely
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Bail
Financial or property based pledge to ensure that the accused will appear in court
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Fines
Financial penalties that are imposed after the accused has been found guilty of a crime
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Cruel and unusual punishment
Prohibited by the eighth amendment | Banning I humane punishments
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Proportionality
The punishment should fit the crime
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Five deprivations a prisoner faces
``` Liberty Goods and services Heterosexual relationships Individual autonomy Personal security ```
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Five justifications of punishment
``` Retribution Deterrence Rehabilitation Incapacitation Restitution ```
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Restitution
A justification for punishment that requires the offender to pay back the victim
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Jerome Skolnivk
Argued that police affixes develop a perpetual shorthand to identify persons believed to pose a threat to society