Topic: Some people believe that there should be fixed punishments for each type of crime. Others‚ however‚ argue that the circumstances of an individual crime‚ and the motivation for committing it‚ should always be taken into account when deciding on the punishment. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion. Nowadays‚ many people are debating for whether we should fix punishment for each type of crime or not. And this becomes a very hot issue. There are so many arguments
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Throughout the years‚ our justice system has become less focused on giving criminals a just punishment and more focused on the fame and publicity that a large scale crime can allow. With every big criminal case‚ there are people rushing to read the headlines and learn everything there is about the criminal: their past‚ their living situation‚ their family‚ their mental state. We become so focused on the criminal that we often times overlook the crime itself. Headlines focus more on the people who
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Joe Saelmi Crim 402- Willis Thursday‚ February 24‚ 2011 Hay’s Paradox on Punishment When examining punishments and laws of the seventeen and eighteen hundreds it is easy to see the paradox pointed out by Douglas Hay. As societies grew through the ages and Man became more civilized‚ men with wealth also became more interested in control. Especially during Feudal times‚ it is easy to see how those with power were bent on keeping it‚ and how those without it would strive to make ends meet.
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There are both positives and negatives to Beccaria’s ideas of punishment. His idea was to prosecute and sentence an individual for a crime based on the severity of the offense. He did not see a need to explain the motivation for the act (Freilich 2015). This is a weakness in that an individual is incarcerated for a crime and there is no understanding as to why the crime was and no rehabilitation is done. Furthermore‚ in order for a program to work based on this idea‚ one would have to understand
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Public punishment is an act or instance of punishing. A deterrent is something that discourages or is in intended to discourage someone from an act. In today’s society public punishment is often debated‚ where as in the 1800s‚ punishing someone publically was accepted. From community service to standing at intersections with hand written signs‚ public punishment can act as a deterrent or not affect that person at all. Public punishment is often frowned upon‚ but is effective in some‚ not all cases
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Philosophies of Punishment CJUS 263 Professor D. Chise unknown 2/27/2014 How many times have we watched the news and the headline story involves a man being arrested for a violent crime? And let’s say that the crime is forcible rape. Our first thoughts are‚ “Oh man‚ they need to castrate that joker!” or “They need to put that guy in the same cell with Big Bubba!” Don’t lie! We have all had those thoughts. We especially take offense if the crime involves a child‚ an elderly person‚ or
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Physical Punishment (including smacking) should be permitted because it is an effective form of correction of children. Do you agree? On the other hand‚ there are arguments suggesting that corporal punishment such as smacking cause adverse and detrimental physical and mental harm to children. A study done by Smith Et Al (2004) reported a number of negative developmental consequences for children who had experienced corporal punishment. These include anti – social behavior; poor academic achievement;
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The opposition team has earlier raised the point of the safety of corporal punishment in schools. But this point they have raised is completely invalid as corporal punishment ‚ caning‚ is done in a very safe and non-emotionally scarring way. After a student commits an offence‚ they will have a talk to a teacher or discipline master. And if the student is defiant and would not admit his mistake and repent‚ the parents are called up. The parents are consulted on the student’s behavior and asked
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Purpose: To persuade the audience to be for corporal punishment in Desoto county schools. Attention-Getter: Good morning. How is everyone doing today? If you were caught in a wildfire would you think to start a smaller more controlled fire in a line or circular pattern to deplete the fuel source of the oncoming blaze? In this case the term fighting fire with fire is being used literally but there are other cases where this phrase isn’t so literal. Some vaccinations use the same virus that caused
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Aloufi‚ Badriah Ali Pre-Degree 3 ILAC 31 May 2013 USE OF CORPORAL PUNISHMENT Introduction Corporal punishment (CP) is the use of physical force with the intention of causing a child to experience pain but not injury for thepurposes of correction or control of the child’s behavior. Corporal punishment could adversely affect cognitive ability. Being slapped or spanked is a frightening and threatening event that children experience ashighly stressful. Fright and stress can
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