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Feudalism (900-1500s)
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Punishable Offenses Threat to church or belief embodied in RC Bible Free will to be ‘good’ ● Autonomy ● Responsibility Threat to lord or king non payment of rents Sin = Deviance
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The Middle Ages & The Inquisitions
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Malleus Maleficarum, 1486 “Witch Hammer” Kramer & Sprenger Germany Means of discovery Means of discovery Guidelines for trial and execution Guidelines for trial and execution Trials – crop failures (p. 18) Trials – crop failures (p. 18)
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Systemic Punishment: Witch Trials Community Centred Goal of Punishment: penance Goal of Punishment: penance Children under 7? Children under 7? Guilt tied to punishment Guilt tied to punishment Torture Torture No witnesses for accused No witnesses for accused Confession = last rites Confession = last rites Effort to appear just and fair Effort to appear just and fair
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Goals of Justice & Types of Punishment Culture is the context in which collective action takes place (p. 19) Rituals of a Thousand Deaths Purifying Pain or Edifying Shame Making things ‘right’ again with God (lex talionis)
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“...the recent violence is fueled not by the nation's widespread belief in black magic but instead by economic jealousy born of a mining boom that has widened the country's economic divide and pitted the haves against the have-nots.”
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