Punishment

• What is a key purpose of punishment according to sociologists?

  To rehabilitate the offender
• How does rehabilitation serve the purpose of punishment?

  It ensures offenders reform and avoid future crimes
• What role does deterrence play in punishment?

  It discourages others from committing similar crimes
• What is the relationship between significant punishments and rational choice in deterrence?

  Severe punishments should discourage rational offenders
• What is incapacitation in the context of punishment?

  Preventing crime by physically restricting offenders
• What is the most extreme form of incapacitation?

  The death sentence
• How are fines used as a form of punishment?

  To cover the cost of damage caused
• What is restorative justice?

  Encouraging offenders to make amends for wrong-doing
• What is the societal view on retribution in punishment?

  It is about the criminal paying for their crime
• What do right realists emphasize regarding punishment?

  The deterrent role of punishment
• What do left realists emphasize in the context of punishment?

  The importance of restorative justice
• How does the sociology of punishment relate to power and stratification?

  Those who punish hold power over offenders
• What role does surveillance play in the sociology of punishment?

  It reflects power dynamics in society
• How do postmodernists view power relations in contemporary society?

  They focus on complex power dynamics beyond police
• Who conducts surveillance in contemporary society?

  Both state and private organizations
• How does awareness of surveillance affect individuals?

  It reduces their power and free will
• What is the primary focus of the sociology of punishment?

  Understanding the purpose and effects of punishment