four main purposes of punishment in the criminal justice system are: Deterrence - this is something intended to discourage someone from commiting a crime through instilling fear as to the consequences for their actions. There are two types of deterrence - specific deterrence and general deterrence. Retribution - its purpose of punishment is to administer justice - a deserved or morally right consequence to the offender that committed the crime. Rehabilitation - this punishment aims to reform an offender’s
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Capital punishment should be abolished. To what extend do you agree or disagree with this statement? Capital punishment is a way to punish highly committed criminal by legally killing them. Capital punishment is not legalise in all country‚ many country have already outlawed death penalty‚ for examples Australia‚ Canada‚ France‚ Germany‚ Italy‚ Spain‚ Mexico and many more other country. These country sees the bad effect that capital punishment will bring and decided to outlawed it. But then‚ there
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There have been many debates on whether capital punishment should be allowed. However‚ many people feel that capital punishment is unnecessary as they believe that killing a person is absolutely wrong‚ even if that person is a serial killer‚ rapist‚ or anyone who has committed a serious crime. Some of the reasons why capital punishment is that it is inhumane‚ wrongful sentencing‚ and not deterring crime. First of all‚ capital punishment means‚ of course‚ the death sentence. No matter what
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authority to dispense justice in the form of punishment to maintain social solidarity. There are many forms of punishment that can be given to an offender‚ each with their own functions for the offender and society itself. Imprisonment is one of the most widely used forms of punishments globally‚ the ideology of imprisonment globally tends to remain the same. There are several functions of imprisonment and whether it is an effective method of punishment is widely argued by sociologist. To remove the
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Spring 2012 May 7‚ 2012 Condensed version Application of Islamic Ethics I. Why do we need Punishment in Islam Answer: security and stability within the society Since the beginning of the history of mankind‚ man has been conscious of the need for security. Stability‚ flexibility and firmness or peace‚ justice and security This complete legal system was sent down to Muhammed‚ peace be upon him‚ and without this system‚ there would be chaos and instability
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Theories of Punishment and their Applicability to Punishment of Juveniles There are several theories that describe the administration of punishment to law offenders. Juveniles are minors who commit crimes punishable by law. There are different drives to committing crimes among the juveniles. Some commit crimes based on the benefits derived from such acts which outweigh the risks involved in such an act. Based on this drive of committing crimes‚ the theory of deterrence is applicable. The theory
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In the essay‚ Punishment‚ Communication and Community R.A. Duff seeks to find a way to reconcile criminal punishment in a liberal community. Duff argues the way to go about it is to make sure that punishment is inclusionary instead of exclusionary. Criminals should be treated as equal members of our political community and not as pariahs who need to be separated from the masses. Punishments that are currently in place are exclusionary. In the United States and the United Kingdom some localities
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Philosophy 338 Professor Hubin THE UTILITARIAN THEORY OF PUNISHMENT I. Utilitarian Theories of Punishment: Utilitarian justifications are forward-looking (consequentialistic) in nature. All of the questions about the justification of punishment (general justification‚ title and severity) will be answered by appeal to the utility (value) of the consequences of an action. A. The General Justification: All punishment is‚ according to the utilitarian‚ intrinsically bad‚ because it involves the
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the use of punishment to maintain the social order. Those theories of punishment aim to provide understanding of why and how we punish. Generally‚ two of the most frequently used justifications of punishment are Retributivism and Utilitarianism. Retributivism is a theory of criminal justice that advocates punishment to be the best response and consequence in retribution for what criminals have inflicted. It is also the first theory answering the reason why we established punishment institutions
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proper punishment to you? Can you guess what topic I am to present? Ok‚ today I would like to talk about the crime and punishment in Hong Kong. Whenever you read newspaper or watch the news on TV‚ you can notice that the increasing number of crime but behind the fact of the crime. Do you think the punishment given to the offenders is appropriate? To me‚ I discovered that some of the offenders are too heavily punishment while some of them are not effectively deterred by the punishment. Just give
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