Control and punishment Flashcards
What did Durkheim say about punishment? (2)
- Social solidarity.
- Shared values.
What two types of justice are there according to Durkheim?
- Retributive justice
- Restituative justice.
What is Retributive justice?
In traditional society, punishment was severe and cruel and its motivation is purely expressive.
What is Restituative justice?
In modern society:
Restoring things to how there were before the offence.
What Marxists do you need to know?
Thompson
Kirchheimer
Melossi and Pavarini
what does Thompson say on the capitalist society and punishment?
18th Century punishments such as hanging were part of a “RULE OF TERROR” by the landed aristocracy
What does Kirchheimer argue about punishment and the capitalist society? (2)
- Each type of economy as its own penal system
- Under capitalism, imprisonment becomes the most important form of punishment because the capitalist economy is based on the exploitation of wage labour.
What does Melossi and Pavarini argue about punishment and the capitalist society, give 2 examples?
Imprisonment reflects capitalist relations of production:
- Capitalism puts a price on the workers time
- Prison and the capitalist factory both have strict disciplinary style.
What two different forms of Punishment does Foucault see?
Sovereign power
Disciplinary power
What is Sovereign power?
Inflicting punishment on the body was the means of asserting control
What is Disciplinary power?
Governing the mind rather than the body through SURVEILLANCE.
What example does Foucault give of disciplinary power?
the PANOPTICON
