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    In prison to control the criminal some states came up with idea that force feeding is legal and that when a prisoner is on a hunger strike prison should force feeding so they would not die. Article made my Stephanie Jane Carter says that " By force-feeding the prisoners‚ it effectively ends the protest‚ to which they have a right" and that "Some theorists that use of a restraining chair during force feeding demonstrates that the prison is still strong enough" (Carter). By this Jane says that in some

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    punished in proportion to the severity of their crime. Crime is when an individual violates the laws and regulations of their country. Capital punishment is also known as death penalty. Capital punishment is the execution of an offender as a punishment for his crime. It is necessary for those who refuse to accept unjust administration of punishment. Capital punishment is often justified by saying that by executing the murders birth of new murders would be prevented. Executions especially when they

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    Capital punishment: Encyclopedia II - Capital punishment - Ethical views on capital punishment Capital punishment - Ethical views on capital punishment Ethical arguments for and against an issue can be divided into consequentialist‚ deontological and virtue-based. Some arguments cannot be clearly assigned a category. Categorisation of arguments for and against the death penalty. 1. Consequentialist arguments: the deterrence argument‚ the prevention argument‚ economic arguments‚ effectiveness

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    Sociological Aspects of Prison Life Jennifer Mc Neal CJS 230 Instructor George Brothers August 22‚ 2010 Sociological Aspects of Prison Life In most prisons‚ there is an establishment of dominance amongst the prisoners. In prison‚ it is survival of the most powerful. There is always a top dog the one that no one ever wants to mess with because his or her fate might be death. Prison life is tough; you have to be on guard at all times of the day because it is easy to become

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    the same. When you do not follow the regulations‚ punishments are to follow. Some penalties are more severe than others. Therefore‚ the penalties are more severe. There are even times where I punish my older son to send a message to my younger son. He is a little younger and has to be reminded of the rules in place even for him. The situations that I battle with in my household are situations that are faced by communities

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    A Summary Of Prison Life August 01‚ 2010 When most of us think of prison life‚ we think of nothing but sitting in a cell‚ staring at blank walls‚ wishing that one could get out of the “joint”. But‚ what we don’t realize is everything that goes on behind the scenes. I believe society is negligent to realize that some of the inmates may fear for their lives or may be ready for a fight at anytime. There are many that may fear being sexually assaulted or even raped. When it comes to privileges

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    Should capital punishment be re-introduced in the UK? Capital punishment is the legal authorisation of killing a criminal. The death penalty was abolished in 1965 ; the last British death penalty case was closed on August 13th. Serious offences that would consequent to capital punishment are: Murder ‚ drug trafficking ‚ drive-by’s ‚ murdering a police officer ‚treason‚ terrorism and espionage. Some examples of execution methods are: Lethal injection‚ the gas chamber ‚ electric chair ‚ hangings

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    J Black‚ Charles‚ Jr. Capital Punishment. New York: Norton‚ 1974. Catechism of the Catholic Church. Makati‚ Metro Manila: ECCCE and Word & Life Publications‚ 1994 Code of Canon Law‚ Canon 984 Gorgias‚ Plato. in The Collected Dialogues of Plato‚ ed. With an intro. E. Hamilton and H. Cairns.‚ Princeton: Princeton Unversity Press‚ 1961. Hernandez‚ Regine. Principles of Psychology. Philippines‚ Quezon: UST Textbook Series‚ 1995 Jacqueline‚ Martin Marx‚ Karl. “Capitall Punishment”‚ in Marx and Engels:

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    Analysis of Current Methods of Punishment and Rehabilitation in American Prisons In this paper‚ I will discuss the nature of ‘lasting’ punishment for the prison systems that exist in America. We can see by psychological training‚ drug abuse rehabilitation‚ and to other methods of reform that there are ways that the prison system can use to remake a man after being locked up. By understanding these forms of rehabilitation‚ perhaps a better human being can come out of the prison system than has been seen

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    face of racism and often speaks about it through his works about the prejudice that is accepted and current in America’s past and present. One of his poems‚ “Capital Punishment‚” is a narration of a cook preparing the last meal for an “Indian killer.” Within its fifty-eight of mostly two-line stanzas‚ themes of race and capital punishment emerge from the poem. The narrator says that “It’s mostly the dark ones/ who are forced to sit in the chair/ especially when white people die” (lines 6-8)‚ indicating

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