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Crime and Prison

Crime and Prison. Grade 12 Sociology. How deviant are you?. 20 questions Answer each one with: 1= very often 2= several times 3= once or twice 4= never Add up you score at the end. Your Score???. 25 or less = quite deviant

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Crime and Prison

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  1. Crime and Prison Grade 12 Sociology

  2. How deviant are you? • 20 questions • Answer each one with: • 1= very often • 2= several times • 3= once or twice • 4= never • Add up you score at the end

  3. Your Score??? • 25 or less = quite deviant • 26 or more…well not as deviant. Deviance decreases as the scores get higher

  4. Crime • Crime: is an act that violates criminal law and is punishable with fines, jail terms, and other sanctions • Juvenile delinquency: refers to a violation of the law by young people under the age of 18

  5. Types of Crime • Street Crime • Violent • Moral • property • Occupational and Corporate Crime • “White collar crime” • Organized Crime

  6. Purpose of Prisons The main purpose of prisons are: • Intended to cause hardship as a form of punishment • A way to remove dangerous individuals from society • Seen as a deterrent to discourage criminals and would-be criminals from breaking the law • To rehabilitate the offender through training and counselling

  7. Do Prisons Achieve these goals? • Crime rates? Repeat Offenders?

  8. Repeat Offenders • Recidivism:Commission of a new offence after being convicted of a similar offence.

  9. Repeat Offenders video • Comments?

  10. Alternatives to Prison • Temporary Absences • Day Parole • Full Parole • Statutory Release • Fines

  11. The Suicide of Ashley Smith • http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/01/07/ashley-smith-fifth-estate.html • What should have been done for Ashley Smith?

  12. A Different Focus • Restorative Justice • Victim offender mediation • Family group conferencing • Sentencing circles • Consensus-based sentencing • Victim-offender reconciliation panels

  13. The state of Canada’s Prisons • Where does the Ombudsman Howard Sapers stand? • TorontoStar video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xh_PpJCMpM • A prisoners perspective: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yXO4wh46vM&feature=channel

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