Penal Vs Rehabilitation

Foundations of mainstream knowledge of crime have been characterised from classicism and neo classism philosophy. Current knowledge has become criticised gradually in particular in the 20th century. In 1992 Malcolm M Feeley and Jonathan Simon developed this emergence of "The New Penology: Notes on the emerging strategy for corrections". Punishing certain populations who are categorised as the ‘Underclass’. Such groups were specified as dangerous and crucially encouraged cost effective penal responses. This includes the widening of penalties and priority of supervision over rehabilitation approaches which reintegrates these individuals back into the community. This is due to their high risk status many of whom are permanently deprived and lack education (Feeley and Simon, 1992). The journal article outlines developing transformations in the penal system. The underclass term recommends that punishment and power in the penal system certainly has to be opposed. The term is limited to predominately the black and Hispanic population which further advocates that punishment clearly demonstrates social inequality. It is evident that there is a distinct power structure with the dangerous underclass belonging to restricted zones subjected to poverty. Those who regulate such systems have …show more content…
In regards to the practices with the penal system, an evaluation report was required as part of an assessment. The assessment involved evaluating the government response to findings of women in prison. As a result you was required to critically appraise the response and introduce potential recommendations. As part of the module , I gained an insight of the criminal justice system and imprisonment before selecting the option to study the topic of women in prison. Attached to this assessment will be a copy of the thematic report completed as part of my undergraduate