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, Purposes of Punishment - ANSWER- deterrence
- incapacitation
- rehabilitation
- retribution
- restoration
Emile Durkheim - ANSWER- collective conscience
- goal of punishment is retribution (the need to see the person punished)
collective conscience - ANSWER- Emile Durkheim
- Shared beliefs that the average citizen of a society has
Social Solidarity - ANSWERsocial cohesiveness and harmony
- people coming together
Functionalism - ANSWER- Each aspect of society is necessary and works for the
stability of the whole including crime
Laws - ANSWERA reflection of collective conscience
Goals of Colonial America (Retributive Era) - ANSWER- public confession and
repentance
- communit shaming
- corporal punishment (torture)
- small crimes (warnings, fines)
- big crimes (whippings, stocks
- Banishment
Function of Retribution - ANSWER1. reinforce collective consciousness
2. Increase and maintain social solidarity
Punishment Today (Durkheim) - ANSWER- main goal of punishment is retribution
- outside: utilitarianism
- inside: emotional need for vengeance
Reasons to support the Death Penalty - ANSWER- eye for an eye
- only 6% of Americans think that the Death Penalty is a detriment
If we want to know if punishment works according to Durkheim what should we do? -
ANSWER- see how people feel it and if it brings people together