surveilance and punishment

Question 1

Surveilance

Answer 1

Fouclault (1975) saw surveilance as a form of disiplinary power. citizens were more likely to comform if they felt they were being watched - panopticon

Question 2

evaluation of foclaut and surveilance

Answer 2

Support - Beck (1992) surveilance is essental in a risk society used to sift out those who put the rest of society at risk.
Critisms - Mathieson (1997): fouclaut neglects surveilance of the powerful masses
Foucault underestimates peoples ability to resist surveilace e.g. vandalising speed cameras
labelling theorists belive surveilance disproportionaltly focuses on those who have been negatively labelled as a problem leading to histility and devience

Question 3

imprisonment

Answer 3

in 2015 85000 people were in prison in Britan. Right realists agrue there is two ways prisons deter and reduce crime
1. incapacitates criminals by taking them off the street
2. is prison is seen to be tough it deters criminals
A dditionally prison can be seen to rehabilitate criminals by offering educational programmes. these give them the confidence to change rather than reoffend

Question 4

Evaluations of Punishment

Answer 4

Support - Labelling theorists favour rehabilitation as it avoids stigmatising prisoners as non-people
Critisms - Matthews (1997) describes prisons as universaties of crime which make bad people worse
solomon (2006) prople in prison require treatment rather than punishment as theyre either mentally ill or drug addicts
Statistics show prison doesnt deter prisoners and 2/3 reoffend within two years.
Right realists argue rehabilitation is a soft approach ignoring the seriousness of offence