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Positively Punitive: How The Inventor Of Scientific Criminology Who Died At The Beginning Of The Twentieth Century Continues To Haunt American Crime Control At The Beginning Of The Twenty-First, Jonathan Simon
Jonathan S Simon
The article presents a historical interpretation of changes in the penal system of the U.S. Penology is linked with incarceration rate outcomes. Rhetoric is considered in consistency with penalty themes and rehabilitation. The practice of positivist criminology is reflected when proponents viewed themselves as opposition to legal officials' crime control policy ideas.
Megan's Law: Crime And Democracy In Late Modern America, Jonathan Simon
Megan's Law: Crime And Democracy In Late Modern America, Jonathan Simon
Jonathan S Simon
Deals with a study which explored the complex entanglements of democracy and governing through crime in the United States. Discussion on crime control as an integral part of democratic penal traditions; How the embedding of governing through crime into the new regime of liberal governance took shape in the country; Details on the adoption of `Megan's Law.'
The Ideological Effects Of Actuarial Practices, Jonathan Simon
The Ideological Effects Of Actuarial Practices, Jonathan Simon
Jonathan S Simon
Over the last century, there has been significant growth of practices that distribute costs and benefits to individuals based on statistical knowledge about the population. These actuarial practices, like insurance premium setting and standardized testing in educational admissions, are successful largely because they allow power to be exercised more effectively and at lower political cost. At the same time, they generate ideological effects that have the potential to transform the way individuals understand themselves and their groups. In a 1978 case, 'City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power' v. 'Manhart,' the Supreme Court considered a challenge to the …