Are Prisons Obsolete notes

These notes consist of the topics in the 'Criminal Justice' part of the Applied Ethics module including the function of criminal law, Foucault's power analysis and intersectionality in the prison industrial complex. Function of Criminal Law (retributivism, deterrence, communication) Evolution of Punishment (inc. Enlightenment values, reforms, slavery) Foucault's Analysis of Modern Disciplinary Power Bentham's Panopticon Angela Davis' Critique of Foucault's Analysis Gendered Character of ...

Foucault - Modern disciplinary power - 3 techniques of control - Analysis of power The Panopticon - Bentham / Foucault on the Panopticon - Discipline - Normalisation - Shift in power

Notes from readings done to supplement the lecture notes for this topic including the function of criminal law and issues of gender and race in the prison industrial complex. Sources: Legal Punishment - Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy Are Prisons Obsolete? - Angela Davis

Intersectionality of race, gender and class in the prison industrial complex, focusing on Angela Davis' critique of Foucault's power analysis: Racialisation of Punishment - Punishment in slavery - After slavery's 'abolition' - Criminalisation of POC communities Gendering of Punishment - Gendered character of punishment - Notion Feminine criminality - Incarceration beyond the prison system - Hyper-sexualisation of female prisoners Intersection of Gender & Race in Punishment ...

Value of criminal law - Punishment - Compensation - Issues regarding who has the authority to punish - Justification of punishment Functions of criminal law - Retributivism - Prevention - Communication Constrains of Justified Punishment - Absolute Proportionality - Relative Proportionality

These notes consist of the topics in the 'Criminal Justice' part of the Applied Ethics module including the function of criminal law, Foucault's power analysis and intersectionality in the prison industrial complex. Function of Criminal Law (retributivism, deterrence, communication) Evolution of Punishment (inc. Enlightenment values, reforms, slavery) Foucault's Analysis of Modern Disciplinary Power Bentham's Panopticon Angela Davis' Critique of Foucault's Analysis Gendered Character of ...

Intersectionality of race, gender and class in the prison industrial complex, focusing on Angela Davis' critique of Foucault's power analysis: Racialisation of Punishment - Punishment in slavery - After slavery's 'abolition' - Criminalisation of POC communities Gendering of Punishment - Gendered character of punishment - Notion Feminine criminality - Incarceration beyond the prison system - Hyper-sexualisation of female prisoners Intersection of Gender & Race in Punishment ...

Notes from readings done to supplement the lecture notes for this topic including the function of criminal law and issues of gender and race in the prison industrial complex. Sources: Legal Punishment - Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy Are Prisons Obsolete? - Angela Davis

Foucault - Modern disciplinary power - 3 techniques of control - Analysis of power The Panopticon - Bentham / Foucault on the Panopticon - Discipline - Normalisation - Shift in power

Value of criminal law - Punishment - Compensation - Issues regarding who has the authority to punish - Justification of punishment Functions of criminal law - Retributivism - Prevention - Communication Constrains of Justified Punishment - Absolute Proportionality - Relative Proportionality