HISTORY PT.1

Why is corrections an important field of study?

1) It is undergoing fast, unbelievable change

2) We need to reduce crimes and increase safety

3) Impacts ordinary individuals everyday

What does corrections require?

It requires a competent, educated, and motivated people

PRE-HISTORY: What is retaliation against the offender’s family by the victim’s family?

• Bloodfeud

• First form of justice we ever had

PRE-HISTORY: FRIEDENSGELD

• The offender makes payment to the victim and the crown

(1860 BC) LEX TALIONIS, “An Eye for an Eye”

• The punishment is limited only to the damage on society

• Match the severity of the crime with the severity of the punishment

(64 BC): MAMERTINE PRISON

• This is where the offenders were sent to primitive dungeons, which were located under the sewers in Rome

• The purpose was to serve as prisons

(600 AD) THE LINK BETWEEN CRIME & SIN

• Church laws and state laws became entangled, and the offender’s responsibility in the justice process was that he/she needed to get right with God

• You don’t reform; you repent