Penal reform arose from a policy shift, not new humanitarian feeling
Evidence
The conjuncture that saw the birth of reform is not, therefore, that of a new sensibility, but that of another policy with regard to illegalities. — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 137
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Penal reform sought not less punishment but more universal, deeper social control — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 136; Penal reform succeeded by managing illegalities differentially, not eliminating them — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 144; Penal reform shifted punishment from the act to the offender’s character — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 160 (+6 more)
Related
- Penal reform sought not less punishment but more universal, deeper social control (similarity 0.88)
- Penal reform succeeded by managing illegalities differentially, not eliminating them (similarity 0.87)
- Prison reform is an integral part of the prison’s functioning, not its antidote (similarity 0.85)
- Penal reform shifted punishment from the act to the offender’s character (similarity 0.85)
- Reformers reframed punishment as protection rather than vengeance (similarity 0.84)
- Penal codes keep stable while the substance judged shifts from crime to offender (similarity 0.84)
- Penal reform aimed to increase punishment’s effects while lowering its costs. (similarity 0.83)
- Reform-era punishment was future-directed, aimed at prevention (similarity 0.83)
- Reform has always been proposed as the remedy for the prison’s failure (similarity 0.82)
- Modern universal imprisonment was not the reformers’ original design (similarity 0.81)
- Penal reform originated from within the magistracy, not outside it. (similarity 0.81)
- The respectful ‘humanity’ of the criminal became the target of correction (similarity 0.81)
- The rise of the prison institutionalized the power to punish (similarity 0.81)
- The penal apparatus morally reeducated the poor into legalism (similarity 0.80)
- Failed penal reform collapses back into harsher punishment (similarity 0.80)
Broader Connections
- Penal reform succeeded by managing illegalities differentially, not eliminating them
#expands(0.85) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 144 - Penal reform aimed to increase punishment’s effects while lowering its costs.
#expands(0.85) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 135 - Penal reform shifted punishment from the act to the offender’s character
#expands(0.80) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 160 - Reform has been built into the prison since its origin
#expands(0.80) - Reformers shifted punishment’s aim from expiation to prevention
#expands(0.80) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 204 - Prison reform rhetoric reinforces the prison’s permanence.
#complicates(0.70) - Reform rhetoric bolsters prison permanence and cannot meet corporate-era challenges
#complicates(0.70) — Davis, Angela Y, Are Prisons Obsolete, 266