1 CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN SCHOOLS IN SOUTH ASIA Submitted to the Committee on the Rights of the Child Day of General Discussion on Violence Against Children 28 September 2001 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 I. INTRODUCTION 4 II. HOW CHILDREN ARE AFFECTED BY CORPORAL 5 PUNISHMENT 2.1 Risk for the Child’s Physical and Psychological Health 5 2.2 Impact on Retention and Learning Achievements 6 III. LEGAL FRAMEWORK 7 3.1 The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the
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intended to rehabilitate offenders that committed non-serious crimes. Juveniles of today seem to take advantage of this system by committing violent crimes. Juveniles think they might get off easier because they believe they will be tried as juveniles no matter the seriousness of the crime. In the past years there have been laws to protect juvenile delinquents from being prosecuted as adults. There was a rising violent crime rate for juvenile offenders in the late 1980’s and 1990. To reduce the
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Kaylinn Hillis Research Paper 4/14/2014 Capital Punishment What is the purpose of being punished? We take our lead from one major source‚ our parents‚ and they take their lead from their own parents. When your young child imitates what he or she just saw on an animated movie‚ you give them a stern lecture about what is real and what is not‚ and what is acceptable in real life and what is not. When your child tries some crazy acrobatic move off a piece of furniture and hurts themselves‚ you might
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Youth offenders should never be tried as an adult. Youth offenders know little about living life and yet some people believe that giving life in prison to a teenager is humane. Alternatives exist and should be implemented prior to making a decision that practically ends a life before it even blossoms. The documentary on “When Kids Get Life” demonstrates some sociological theories that can be tied to the story about an individual named Jacob Ind. Under the circumstances Jacob Ind did not deserve
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The Ethical Treatment of Prisoners: A Discussion and Application of Different Ethical Theories Chelsie A. Thomas SOC 120 Introduction to Ethics & Social Responsibility Brianne Larsen-Mongeon Ashford University 26 August 2013 There are more than 1.5 million prisoners under the jurisdiction of state or federal correctional facilities in the U.S.‚ with the largest number of prisoners in the world it is no wonder why the ethical treatment of prisoners is such a hot button topic (U.S.
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FEMALE EVENING WEAR COSTUME IN 1890- 1900 GAY/ NAUGTY NINTEIS REASERCH SEMINAR IN THE HISTORY OF COSTUME Table of contents Introduction……………………….…1 History and Events…………………..1 Art and Architecture…………………4 Fashion in the 1890s…………………6 Conclusion…………………………...11 Appendix………………………………12 Bibliography…………………………22 "Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world ’s original sin. If the cave-man had known how
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Upon inspection of the Criminal Code Act 1899 Queensland it is apparent that the law does not adequately punish criminal offenders or protect innocent citizens in the Queensland Criminal Justice System. All that is required is a superficial reading of this parliamentary document to understand where the problem lies. A brief flip through would allow even the most inexperienced of readers to glean that many crimes are given a specified maximum penalty and yet many are left with no minimum penalty to
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Title Length Color Rating Capital Punishment - Capital Punishment Many distinctive doctrines in criminal law originated in efforts to restrict the number of capital crimes and executions. For instance‚ in the late 18th century‚ when all murder in the United States was punishable by death‚ Pennsylvania pioneered in dividing murder into two categories. The state enacted laws that authorized punishment of first-degree murder by death‚ while second-degree murder was punishable by imprisonment
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Week 7 - Sadistic and Autoerotic Behavior Describe and discuss various offender sadistic behavior characteristics associated with various criminal behaviors and criminal offender personalities. Sadistic behaviors involve gaining pleasure from seeing others suffer from discomfort or pain. However‚ the term sadistic is often misused or misunderstood in the forensic community‚ for instance‚ anger-retaliatory behaviors and sexual desires towards non-interactive or deceased victims can easily be miscategorized
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Punishing juveniles and guilty parties is intended to teach them a lesson. Distinctive methods of discipline should be utilized based of the history or the seriousness of the crimes. Not every individual child or adult should be confined for specific violations. With the overcrowding of the prison systems and the absence of correctional officers to place in those prison‚ is it possible for an individual to be punished for their wrongdoing with an alternative strategy? There may be numerous recorded
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