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Week 11 - Societal Response to Deviance


Forms of Social Control 

  • Formal 

  • Informal 

Correctional Facilities and the Purposes of Punishment

  • Hagan (1985) Offers 7 purposes of criminal sactions 

  1. Restraint or incapacitation 

  2. Individual or specific deterrence 

  3. General deterrence 

  4. Reform or rehabilitation 

  5. Moral affirmation or symbolism 

  6. Retribution 

  7. Restitution or compensation 

Purpose of Sentencing in the Canadian Criminal Code

  • Objectives to 

    • Denounce unlawful act 

    • Deter offender and other persons from committing offences 

    • Separate offenders from society where necessary 

    • Assist in rehabilitating offenders 

    • Provide reparation for harm done to victims or to communities

    • Promote a sense of responsibility in offenders, and acknowledgment of the harm done to victims and to the community 

Sentencing Options 

  • Imprisonment 

  • Intermittent sentence 

  • Conditional sentence 

  • Probation 

  • Conditional discharge 

  • Absolute discharge 

  • Fines 

  • Restorative justice 

  • Restitution 

  • Community service 


Gresham Sykes and the Pains of Imprisonment

  • The Society of Captives ia a classic work on life inside a maximum-security prison 

  • He outlines 5 central pains of imprisons 

    • Deprivation of liberty

    • goods and services

    • heterosexual relationships

    • Autonomy

    • security 

Re-Entry 

  • Reentry is a shock to the system 

  • For thise convicted, the repercussion can last a lifetime 


Felon (offender) Disenfranchisement

  • Varies by jurisdiction 

Collateral Consequences: Effects on Communities and Families

  • Families are disrupted 

  • Social networks and other forms of social support are weakened 

  • Health is endangered 

  • Labour markets are thinned 

  • Children are put at risk of the depleted human and social capital that promotes delinquency