Changing purpose of the punishment and perspective to the criminal in the neoliberal era

In the face of a criminal act, both the way of application and the purpose of the penal sanction imposed on the perpetrator of this act differed according to historical periods. Ultimately, this course followed by the form and purpose of punishment, which is one of the ideological tools of the state, is highly connected with the emergence of the modern state and the socio-economic changes it has undergone. From this point of view, within the scope of the thesis, the comparison of the social structure and the dominant punishment understanding between the Keynesian welfare state and neoliberal state periods in the central capitalist countries will be made, how the socio-economic characteristics of the periods affect the purpose of punishment will be discussed, and finally, the similarity of the change experienced in our country will be discussed.