Braithewae Reintergrative Shaming

• •John Braithwaite (1989) argues that labelling can have a positive role to play if done correctly. He distinguishes between two types of shaming:•–Disintegrative – both crime and criminal are seen as bad and excluded from society. The person struggles to re-join mainstream society after being labelled.–Reintegrative – the crime and criminal are separated – the act can be bad, without the person also being so. The person is rehabilitated so they can re-join wider society upon release.
• The UK Prison System

  •UK prisons are arguably an example of disintegrative shaming. Prisoners suffer the stigma of being a convict, and often lack the skills to rebuild their life upon release. While some training is available, for many, this is not enough.•In 2014-2015, adults released from custody had a proven reoffending rate of 44% - meaning this proportion committed another offence within the year.
• •Braithwaite argues that countries which deal with offenders  through the reintegrative method tend to have lower crime rates.• Reintegrative shaming makes it easier for offender and society to separate the crime and the individual, and for the wrongdoer to re-join society without resorting to secondary deviance.•
• Bastoy prison


  Prison in Norway
• In Norway the rate of re-offending is just 20%
• Norway's prison system


  • Famously progressive
  • Radical version of the principles that fuel prison systems around the world: punish the crimes, rehabilitate the offender
• In Norway, life sentences don't exist, and even the worst offenders usually serve no more than 21 years</b>