News that I really don't think is worthy of being called 'news'
- The Blairs have gone to Robin Gibb's for Christmas
- The plane the Blairs were on overshot the runway
- Schwarzenegger broke a bone while skiing
Okay it's public interest, but it's not really worthy of so much air time. I also don't think it's of any consequence what Tony Blair personally thinks about the death penalty, it's not going to make any difference to the decision on Saddam Hussain's life and if he is for the death penalty personally but is sticking by the party's position against it I don't really see what the problem is, a little bit of cognitive dissonance?
Okay i'm not the most politically minded so i'm probably missing the point and it's all related to the mess that is cash for honors and the labour party in general but personally I think there are more news worthy things that are getting cut off to give us an update on how much turkey Tony put away on Monday...
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posted by Grace @ 12/29/2006 12:30:00 pm
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I don't know if my last comment went through as the computer shut down at almost the same time, but i forgot to add some links for you, there's references to books on the bottom of the page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marxist_criminology
BTW if you didn't get my last message, remember to mention about norms and values, lack of emphasis on white collar crimes (Bribery, corruption, fraud, crimes acting in the interest of the capitalist state and so on), bias in crime statistics, the idea that wage labor is theft (Maybe that's more political and economics, but maybe that can be put in), inequalities when punishing (I guess celebraties/politicians/people who have authority may be a good example of that, they may get let off/slap on the wrist with a certain crime whereas a working class person may get a heavier punishment for the same crime, because of inability to afford a good lawyer etc. Lastly i think maybe marx's theory on alienation might help with your assignment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marx%27s_theory_of_alienation
Thanks Sam! Even though that isn't related to the post I thought i'd publish the comment anyway because you're so helpful! I shall certainly be having a look at those things - I have to relate it back to a case study though so there might not be as much room to go on as I would like!
(anyone else reading this - I asked Sam for some info on marxism and crime for an assignment)
I didn't get any other comments from you i'm afraid!
What about women and heavier punishment?
maybe?
Actually the case study is of a woman and i thought it was a man so that could work. I'm also going to discuss punishment of women in my Values and Ethics assignment.
For this one we need to take 1psych/1 soc theory and discuss the course of action accordingly.
Well i'll let you know how I get on!
Sparklematrix made an excellent point there, it is clear that such things happen in countries like Iran, I think there was a case where a teenage girl got raped, and she got done for crimes against chastity, the male got punished too for it, the major difference was the male got 50 lashes, the girl got executed (Stoning i think) I do not know what the case is in the UK, there are no examples that come out of the top of my head. Does anyone know anything about gender inequality in the UK when it comes to the punishment? Anything in the news at all? Sorry that this is non post related again! I shall try and comment on it later, i am too tired now and i've only got 15 minutes on the library computer left.
Thanks for that Sam, it's shocking really, and I don't think there is any other word for my reaction other than shock - apart from disgust and horror of course!
As far as i've read the emphasis is on returning women back to their feminine ways in punishment of female offenders, within prison anyway, but i'm sure how up to date that is. Some punishments are said to be harsher on women because they not only have to punish them for the crime but they also have to put them back on the right track of womanhood - and if a women doesn't appear 'feminine' in court, i.e. isn't crying and pleading and saying sorry for what she did the judge will likely be harder on her than if she is a bumbling feminine wreck!
Even though nothing to the extent of Sam's example goes on in this country I don't think we can ignore (especially given what we've been discussing over at Sparkle*Matrix) that women who are victims of violent/sexual crime are often punished either by society or by the system by being publicly humiliated, being forced to go through demeaning and rigorous medical procedures and in the end having to live with what happened to them, usually without any slight compensation in the form of conviction of the perpetrator.
(Sparkle - I didn't read your comment as from you at first, because gmail lumps them all in a conversation and starts with the name of the first commenter so I thought it was from Sam. Sorry! and thanks for the suggestion!)
I'm not an expert in this area, but I am aware there's an issue with young male offenders serving time in young offender's institutes et al, while young female offenders get sent to "adult" women's prisons, all women get lumped together, while young male offenders get services etc dedicated to them particularly.
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