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Total Institutions

Total Institutions. Prisons and Correctional Facilities. “Total” Social Institutions. Characteristics All aspects of daily life is planned without resident input Institution is totally isolated from outside world Goal The goal of total institutions is re-socialization

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Total Institutions

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  1. Total Institutions Prisons and Correctional Facilities

  2. “Total” Social Institutions Characteristics • All aspects of daily life is planned without resident input • Institution is totally isolated from outside world Goal • The goal of total institutions is re-socialization • To radically alter residents personalities through manipulation of their environment

  3. “Total” Institutions Task • In groups of 4: • You will receive the name of an institution • Your task is to explain how your institution could become a total institution • Be sure to include: • What characteristics of total institutions could occur in your institution? • How could your institution become a total institution? • How could your institution alter clients/residents personalities through deliberate manipulation of their environment

  4. List of Institutions • Home • Prison • Military • Hospital • School • Retirement Home

  5. Criminal Justice Systems Formal versus Informal Systems

  6. In Canada • We use a formal system – multiple components, highly structured • 3 components: law enforcement, courts, and correctional agencies/institutions

  7. Law Enforcement • Considered the “front line” of the system; run by different levels of government • Goals: protect society, prevent crime; apprehend and arrest criminals

  8. Courts • We use an adversarial system: the defense and prosecution “compete” to “win” the case • Lawyers can be appointed if a defendant can’t afford one – ensures everyone receives a fair trial

  9. Aerial view of Kingston Pen. (formal)

  10. KP Info • Maximum security facility • Opened 1835 • Inmates in facility to date: 494 • Used to include a women’s facility as well • Kids used to be incarcerated as well (up to age 8) • Has had 3 major riots

  11. Cell Model (Kingston Prison Museum)

  12. Kingston Pen. 1892

  13. Prince Albert Pen. Staff 1912

  14. KP Upholstery, 1962

  15. KP 1971 Riot & Cell, 1972

  16. Cells, Quebec

  17. Don Jail/Toronto Jail

  18. “He who opens a school door, closes a prison.” ~ Victor Hugo

  19. Informal Systems – Aboriginal • These systems seek to heal the person who committed the offense, and reintegrate them back into society; they also strive to correct the conditions that led to the offense

  20. Informal Systems – Kpelle of Africa • Has a formal & informal branch (moot) • Handles: assault, possession of illegal arms, theft (between unrelated individuals) • Kpelle moot – informal airing of a dispute before an assembled group – mediated by a person (kinsman) chosen by the complainant

  21. Homework • Read page 157-161 • Define the first 6 key concepts: • (adversarial, retribution, deterrence, specific deterrence, general deterrence, rehabilitation) • Read the Power of the Police pages 162-163 and answer the following • According to the study mentioned on page 162 of your textbook, what are the 6 factors that influence the actions of the police? • How do these findings compare with Canadian police behavior according to provincial task forces. Reference specific statistics. • Do you think there is systematic racism in law enforcement agencies? Why?

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