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Consequences of Imprisonment in John Galsworthy's Justice

Consequences of Imprisonment in John Galsworthy's Justice

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  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi

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  • 2007

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Abstract (2. Language): 
John Galsworthy, in Justice (1910), concentrates upon the practices of punishment in a British prison where lawbreakers are held punitively and especially underlines that this penal system reliant on imprisonment is far from achieving the aims of punishment like the rehabilitation of the offender and the protection of society. First, the system in question brings about inmates' mental and physical deterioration during and after custody; second, following their release, owing to their newly-acquired identity as criminals, former inmates cannot reintegrate with society and therefore tend to reoffend the law which finally causes harm to society as well as the offender himself. The argument presented within the framework of this article, to a large extent, rests on Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison (1975) in which Michel Foucault interprets issues such as power and domination and deals with the evolution of Western penal systems pinpointing the flaws of these systems.
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Abstract (Original Language): 
John Galsworthy, Justice (1910) adlı oyununda kanuna aykırı hareket eden kişilerin tutuldukları bir İngiliz hapishanesindeki cezai uygulamalar üzerinde durmakta; alıkoyma esasına dayalı bu ceza sistemi ile tutuklunun tedavisi ve toplumun korunması gibi ceza verilirken amaçlanan sonuçlara ulaşılamayacağını özellikle vurgulamaktadır. Söz konusu sistem, hem alıkonma süresi boyunca hem de takip eden dönemde tutuklunun zihinsel ve fiziksel sağlığını kötü yönde etkilemektedir. Ayrıca, hapisten çıktıktan sonra yeni edindikleri "suçlu" kimliği nedeniyle toplum tarafından kabul görmeyen eski mahkumlar tekrar suça itilmekte ve sonuçta bu durumdan birey kadar toplum da zarar görmektedir. Bu makale kapsamında öne sürülen bu görüşler, büyük ölçüde Michel Faucault'nun güç ve tahakküm gibi konular üzerinde yorumlar yaparak Batı dünyasındaki ceza sistemlerinin tarihi ile kusurlu yönlerini ele aldığı Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison (1975) başlıklı eserine dayandırılmaktadır.
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