People have been competing in the activity of log rolling since the late 1800’s. Over the years, log rolling has developed into a unique pastime that honors its history as thousands of log rollers compete in competitions all across the United States and Canada. Log rolling has really grown in popularity in the recent years, and the United States Log Rolling Association is now petitioning for log rolling to be recognized by the International Olympic Committee as a sport. As a member of the IOC, it is my duty to review the activity of log rolling and determine if it meets the four points of criteria that define what qualifies as a sport.…
The Classical School theory had the concept of deterrence and rationality to prevent repetition of crimes (Williams III & McShane,…
talk about punishment philosophy in how this theory is a study of concept punishment in how it…
Corrects the situation which allows the students to come up better actions which will result in acceptable behavior.…
Since World War II through the 1970s, many changes occurred in the United States correctional systems. Rehabilitation Model is a treatment program that was designed to reform the inmates. According to www.copower.org, “This model is similar to the medical model; it regards the person with a disability as in need of services from a rehabilitation professional who can provide training, therapy, counseling or other services to make up for the deficiency caused by the disability. Historically, it gained acceptance after World War II when many disabled veterans needed to be re-introduced into society. The current Vocational Rehabilitation system is designed according to this model. Persons with disabilities have been very critical of both the medical model and the rehabilitation model. While medical intervention can be required by the individual at times, it is naive and simplistic to regard the medical system as the appropriate locus for disability related policy matters”. Clear, T., & Cole, G. (2013) acknowledged that most of the states started building prisons and transformed the others in the correctional institutions between 1960s and 1970s. The rehabilitation model was conquered and the counselors or teachers administered the treatment programs at that time.…
Creon’s actions and judgment in the play Antigone were questionable, but I don’t think he deserved the punishment he received at the conclusion of the play. My philosophy of life probably influenced my decision because I believe that everyone deserves a second chance. Creon was arrogant and did not listen to anyone’s advice, including Tiresias, a prophet who has never told him a lie. However, in the end he realized what had happened and accepted his fate.…
This paper is written in an attempt to comprehend the sentencing philosophy and purpose of criminal punishment through a review of the historical parameters concerning how sentencing and punishment serve society. Sentencing is the application of justice and the end result of a criminal conviction which is applied by the convening authority; followed by the sentence, or judgement of the court on a convicted offender. What makes punishment unique to our society is the application of our moral or ethical beliefs as a whole, and by the population at large. Throughout history, the sentencing and administration of punishments have been swift, brutal and often times ending with the death of the offender, but in our more civilized and modern society,…
According to James Rachels, he concluded the criminal justice system should be designed along the lines of retributivism, in much the way it currently is. Rachels comes to the conclusion the overall goal of punishment should be retributivism by examining the four requirements necessary for punishment. The four requirements for punishment are guilt, equal treatment, proportionality, and excuses. These requirements mean only the guilty get punished, each criminal who commits the same crime gets roughly the same punishment, the punishment is proportionate to the crime, and if provided a legit excuse, then no punishment is given. Rachels also argues that deterrence and rehabilitation do not meet the requirements, but retributivism does.…
Citizens are being arrested every single day for an unlimited variety of reasons. The reason can be anything from abuse of a family member, robbery, drug possession, or murder. The criminal system has four ways to justify punishment. Retribution, deterrence, rehabilitation, and social protection are ways in which punishment is justified. Each of the four has its own style of punishment together with its own pros and cons for each Citizen.…
Alberto and Troutman’s (as cited in Lyons, Ford, & Slee, 2014) Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) model has its roots situated in Skinner’s early work on behaviour modification. Consequently, the principles of behaviourism provide the foundation for the ABA model. In the classroom the teacher maintains absolute control of students by altering the environment in order to encourage desired behaviour and discourage undesirable behaviour, while providing consequences in the form of rewards and punishment (Lyons et al., 2014). This is based on the notion that behaviours are enacted willingly and can be changed by controlling the environment and “reinforcing consequences” (Lyons et al., 2014, p. 29). Accordingly, students quickly comprehend there are immediate rewards for ideal behaviours and…
Any individual that breaks the law is punished, a criminal penalty can be ranked from a small fine or community service to the death penalty, there’s no general agreement on how the courts should punish if the individual is guilty. Perhaps they’re five different types of philosophical principles that guides the sentencing in the United States: deterrence, rehabilitation, retribution, incapacitation, and restoration. These can differ in very important ways, some feel tension that punishment should fit the crime committed, but others believe that the punishment should fit the criminal. These points can influence the time about sentencing. Some people accept that they are consequences for having a criminal conduct. Finally, some of the consequences…
I negate the resolution which states: Resolved: Rehabilitation ought to be valued above retribution in the United States criminal justice system.…
However, if the teachers believe a student is likely to become a criminal, they may act in a way which could lead the students to become criminals. In Jahoda’s study, the boys born on a Monday were labelled as calm whereas those born on a Wednesday were expected to be aggressive and the results found that the boys born on a Monday had higher crime rates than those born on a Wednesday (Putwain & Sammons, 2013). If American students get labelled as potential criminals, they may feel as though any good behavior they display will not be acknowledged and so they can not escape the label leading them to committing more serious offences. This would defeat the purpose of the zero tolerance policies and therefore provides evidence against the use of these disciplines in…
Punishment is our current most exercised consequence for bringing justice to those victims of criminals by incarcerating offenders in a jail or prison, as well as other forms such as the community service, probation, and even the death penalty. While jail and/or prison life is necessary to protect the public by confining criminals away from public harm, I believe that “only” punishing dangerous criminals is simply not enough.…
Punishment is described by the Webster Dictionary as ‘the infliction or imposition of a penalty as retribution to an offense’. Today, this definition may pass as true for many governments, but years ago when philosophers were discussing ideas about government and laws, one idea that stuck out was that of punishment. Different theories rose regarding justifying punishment, and deciding the purpose behind punishing people. Joel Feinberg, Jules Coleman, and Christopher Kutz are three philosophers that spent a lot of time discussing their beliefs and ideas about punishment.…