Punishment and Modern Society
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Punishment and Modern Society is a seminal sociological study by David Garland that analyzes how modern penal systems reflect and shape broader social, political, and cultural structures.
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| Punishment and Modern Society canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Punishment and Modern Society Context triple: [David Garland, notableWork, Punishment and Modern Society]
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A.
Prisons: A Social Crime and Failure
"Prisons: A Social Crime and Failure" is an essay by anarchist writer Emma Goldman that critiques the prison system as inherently unjust and socially destructive.
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B.
Lectures on Crimes and Punishments
Lectures on Crimes and Punishments is a legal treatise section focusing on the principles, classification, and punishment of criminal offenses within the broader work Lectures on Law.
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C.
Punishment Fits the Crime
"Punishment Fits the Crime" is a track from the 1992 album *Brain Drain* by the American punk rock band the Ramones.
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D.
Penitentiary Philosophy
"Penitentiary Philosophy" is a socially conscious neo-soul track by Erykah Badu from her acclaimed 2000 album *Mama’s Gun*, reflecting on incarceration and systemic injustice.
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E.
Punishing the Poor
Punishing the Poor is a sociological study by Loïc Wacquant that critiques the rise of punitive welfare and mass incarceration policies as tools for managing poverty and social marginality in neoliberal societies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Punishment and Modern Society Target entity description: Punishment and Modern Society is a seminal sociological study by David Garland that analyzes how modern penal systems reflect and shape broader social, political, and cultural structures.
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A.
Prisons: A Social Crime and Failure
"Prisons: A Social Crime and Failure" is an essay by anarchist writer Emma Goldman that critiques the prison system as inherently unjust and socially destructive.
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B.
Lectures on Crimes and Punishments
Lectures on Crimes and Punishments is a legal treatise section focusing on the principles, classification, and punishment of criminal offenses within the broader work Lectures on Law.
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C.
Punishment Fits the Crime
"Punishment Fits the Crime" is a track from the 1992 album *Brain Drain* by the American punk rock band the Ramones.
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D.
Penitentiary Philosophy
"Penitentiary Philosophy" is a socially conscious neo-soul track by Erykah Badu from her acclaimed 2000 album *Mama’s Gun*, reflecting on incarceration and systemic injustice.
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E.
Punishing the Poor
Punishing the Poor is a sociological study by Loïc Wacquant that critiques the rise of punitive welfare and mass incarceration policies as tools for managing poverty and social marginality in neoliberal societies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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sociology book ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
criminology
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socio-legal studies ⓘ sociology of punishment ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
show how punishment reflects broader social structures
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show how punishment shapes social, political, and cultural order ⓘ |
| author | David Garland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| critiques | reductionist explanations of punishment ⓘ |
| describedAs |
influential study of modern penal systems
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seminal work in the sociology of punishment ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
cultural meaning of penal practices
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historical specificity of modern penal forms ⓘ institutional embeddedness of punishment ⓘ multidimensional nature of punishment ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
historical development of penal systems
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institutional practices of punishment ⓘ modern criminal justice policies ⓘ relationship between punishment and cultural values ⓘ relationship between punishment and modern state formation ⓘ relationship between punishment and social order ⓘ |
| genre |
criminology
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penology ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | sociological analysis of punishment as a social institution ⓘ |
| influenced |
critical criminology
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later scholarship on mass incarceration ⓘ later scholarship on penal policy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
criminal justice
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modern society ⓘ penal systems ⓘ political economy of punishment ⓘ punishment ⓘ social control ⓘ social theory ⓘ state power ⓘ |
| theoreticalFramework |
Max Weber
NERFINISHED
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Michel Foucault NERFINISHED ⓘ Norbert Elias NERFINISHED ⓘ classical sociological theory ⓘ Émile Durkheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn |
university courses on criminology
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university courses on punishment and society ⓘ university courses on sociology of law ⓘ |
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