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    Corporal punishment in schools?? Advocates of school corporal punishment argue that it provides an immediate response to indiscipline and that the student is quickly back in the classroom learning‚ rather than being suspended from school. Opponents believe that other disciplinary methods are equally or more effective. Some regard it as tantamount to violence or abuse. In the United States and the United Kingdom‚ and generally in the English-speaking world‚ the use by schools of corporal punishment

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    Probation and Punishment In review of Kris’ file‚ I learned that Kris had been in trouble in the past‚ as a juvenile‚ Kris was arrested both for battery and trespassing and now as an adult Kris has been arrested for theft. Kris‚ now a married adult is looking to “start over and have a life outside of crime. In review of Kris’ probation paperwork‚ I do agree with Robert’s decision for thoughts for the most part. I agree with Robert in the fact that Kris needs an intensive probation program in

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    Haroon Saddique Alternative Punishment One alternate punishment instead of prison could be higher education. Instead of focusing on vocational programs‚ we could pick out prisoners with some type of college experience and offer them an opportunity to complete an AA/AS or BA/BS program at a local educational facility. I believe that some prisoners are ok with going to a vocational program and getting a job. But if they are not happy with the job they get‚ or the money they make‚ they might

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    Juveniles and Punishment: Should Juveniles Delinquents be tried as Adults in the Criminal Justice System? : Angela Eberhart Diversity in Criminal Justice Professor: Jonas Oscar December 10‚ 2011 Fall Semester The question have been raised on whether or not juveniles should be treated the same as adults in the Criminal Justice System This study will first indicate whether juveniles should be trialed as an adult based on age and the offences they commit. Secondly; this

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    Discipline or Punishment – Which do you prefer? A Question of Juvenile Offenders in prison By: Shakira S. Scarborough SOC120: Introduction to Ethics & Social Responsibility (GSG1150I Professor James Slack Abstract Raising children is a difficult task. It does not get easier as they become older. Nonetheless‚ juvenile children should not be punished in the same manner as adults. By means of religious journals‚ a report from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania‚ and statistics‚ I am able

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    Alex Mueller Professor Goff Writing 122 19 February 2013 A Fair Punishment On the morning of April 21st‚ 2009‚ my biology teacher gave me‚ and the rest of the class‚ some terrible news. She told us that my high school classmate and friend‚ Major Washington‚ had been killed in a car accident the previous night. I later learned that Major‚ and his mother Sylvia Porter‚ had been hit by a drunk driver on their way to return a movie. The man behind the wheel was driving with a suspended license

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    11/26/12 The Redemption Cycle The development of theme is an intricate process that combines various elements of the novel. This fusion of diversified elements of the novel serves to highlight pertinent characteristics of the theme. In Crime and Punishment‚ Fyodor Dostoevsky utilizes the development of secondary characters and Raskolnikov’s guilt to depict the idea of redemption. The characters of Sonya and Svidrigailov represent the polar ends of Raskolnikov’s personality‚ and highlight the “process

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    The Power of Repentance Crime and Punishment‚ the classic Russian novel of guilt and repentance‚ explores crime in both a psychological and social sense. Through the deterioration of a murderer’s mind and through the lives of both criminals and non-criminals‚ author Fyodor Dostoevsky relates a worldview born from radical nihilism and his experience in a Siberian labor camp. Dostoevsky argues that “crime” is not civil but instead moral disobedience. His prison experience provides a unique perspective

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    To prey upon‚ overpower and sexually assault children and women is an especially heinous crime to me. What is even more distressing is that the punishment for rape‚ child abuse (both physical and sexual)‚ and other sexually based offenses is not in my opinion harsh enough. Lawrence Singleton whose case is well known‚ served only eight years after he picked up a 15 year-old hitchhiker drove her to a wooded area were he raped her and chopped her forearms off with an axe. He left her for dead on the

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    An unfair punishment A chilly Sunday morning‚ my window presented a magnificent view. The snow covered the whole backyard and reflected back the weak‚ wintry sunlight.i was sitting in my creaky old chair trying to solve a math’s algebraic question. My mind was in a total confusion as I had no idea of solving the equation. Dancing the pen in my hand I thought harder and harder about the question that was sitting in front of me‚ waiting to be untangled. It was like a detective story‚ were the situation

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