JST203 Punishment and the State (8)
Abstract| This subject focuses on the theory and practice of punishment with particular focus on the different ways that punishment has historically been understood, justified and implemented. An understanding of punishment as a social institution, through recognition of the relationship between formal forms of punishment and the mechanisms of social control embedded within everyday social practices, is fundamental to this subject. Different perspectives on punishment, and the implications of these, are explored, with a view to applying these to a critique of punishment, the use of imprisonment, and non-custodial 'alternatives'. Consideration of debates associated with issues of managerialism and privatisation, and the increasing emphasis on risk and actuarialism in custodial and community punishments, ensures a contemporary focus. Gender (including the gendered nature of punishment) and race (including the involvement and issues facing Indigenous Australians) are key concerns running throughout the subject. |
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+ Subject Availability Modes and Location
| Session 2 | | Internal | Bathurst Campus | | Distance | Bathurst Campus |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: JST203
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
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Subject information| Duration | Grading System | School: |
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| One session | HD/FL | School of Humanities and Social Sciences |
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Enrolment restrictions| Not available to students who have completed 24285 Punishment and the State |
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Learning OutcomesUpon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- be able to demonstrate an understanding of the development of the State's use of punishment and correction and of the central place of the prison in this process;
- be able to demonstrate an understanding of how critiques and challenges have contributed to the reconceptualisation of orthodox understandings of punishment;
- be able to demonstrate an understanding of the myriad of levels and ways in which disciplinary power is exercised, beyond the confines of the criminal justice system and its formal institutions of control and punishment;
- be able to analyse the processes of punishment, including imprisonment and community sanctions, and their intended and unintended consequences;
- be able to demonstrate an understanding of the ways in which punishment can be understood as a gendered and raced experience;
- be able to demonstrate an understanding of the ways in which forms of punishment impact differentially on particular groups in society, including issues relating to both Indigenous people and women's experiences of punishment and of imprisonment.
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SyllabusThe subject will cover the following topics:
- The history of punishment
- Theoretical perspectives
- Goals and strategies of punishment
- Sociological perspectives on punishment
- Critiques of punishment
- Discipline and Punish: Foucault
- Political economies of punishment
- Penology: From 'old' to 'new'
- Penal 'equivalents'
- Critical issues in punishment: Race and gender
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The information contained in the 2014 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 13 September 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.
