The new Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act (2003) In Queensland permits prisoners to be kept in prison beyond their release date where a court finds that there is a high degree of probability’ that they represent a serious danger to the community’. Other jurisdictions have enacted similar legislation to restrict the release of prisoners assessed to be dangerous. Do you think that dangerousness legislation of this sort is justified or unjustified? Several states across the Country have
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Many people believe that justice prevails when an offender is punished. Retribution is an ancient motive with religious connotations‚ and for many people it is one of the most important goals of the criminal justice system. Some types of retribution include: incarceration‚ victim compensation‚ fines paid to public agencies‚ community service‚ and public humiliation/embarrassment. (CJi Interactive Multi-Media)
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He had been filled with rage for so long; it was the only thing he knew. His mother was dead‚ killed at the hands of Uther. Oh‚ the King may not have been the one to strike the fatal blow‚ but it was his men who had hunted the woman down and executed her for the crime of being a sorceress. Daegel had seen it all happen from his hiding place amongst the scrubby brush and fallen leaves. His mother’s cries for mercy were burned into his brain. And so he grew from a scared youth into a young man filled
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had brought order to Romagna‚ united it‚ restored it to peace and obedience.” Whereas the benevolence of the people of Florentine ultimately led to the demise of Pistoia and similarly‚ the armies of Scipio rebelled a reluctance to mandate strong retribution. In other words‚ excessively merciful regimes provoke chaos‚ resulting in disarray and inevitably collapsing the system in place.
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on humans benefit. * Focus on environmental impact. * Rights * Rights to privacy. * Right to participate in activities of your own choosing outside of work. * Right to reasonably object to company policies without fear of retribution. * Right to due process. * Right of profession conscience * * Right to exercise professional judgement in discharging your duties. * *right to exercise this judgment in an ethical manner. * *example :right to refuse to engage
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In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ the nurse‚ Juliet’s guardian and confidante‚ plays an essential role in the romance and ultimately the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. The nurse‚ who obtains the paramount qualities of vulgarity‚ fierceness‚ and compassion‚ provides stability in the relationship between the two star-crossed lovers and realism and humor to the story. Firstly‚ the nurse’s vulgarity brings about comic relief. While telling Lady Capulet and Juliet a story about raising Juliet‚
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who have been stereotyped by one another in the worst ways possible to show us that many real-life problems stem from the fear people have towards one another. It puts into prospect how many people make racially charged comments and expect no retribution to their comments or actions. In the movie‚ Jean Cabot and her husband get carjacked by a couple of African American men who Jean had been fearful of earlier in the day. When they get home‚ she sees the locksmith at her house and implies because
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Robert Pack’s main point of view on Macbeth is this. “Macbeth is a good man whose intention is to do evil.” Pack compares the story to those of Hamlet‚ Othello‚ and Lear. He says “Shakespeare’s plays all reward retribution‚ and punishment take place on earth and within the sphere of mortal life.” Macbeth is punished by his soul‚ not punished physically Macbeth is about a man who violates the moral order and is punished for it. Pack compares the story to Dante’s “Inferno” by saying‚ “we see that
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to Quindlen and any person‚ even to the parents of Bundy’s victims. That’s when Quindlen states that is the major problem with an emotional response to capital punishment. She highlight that the one reason for death penalties is only to “exact retribution” and decrease crime rates. Quindlen uses her experience with criminals and states they simply don’t care for death penalties. Therefore she doesn’t believe deterrence is what the victim’s family members seek from death penalties. What they really
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heroes a traditional tragic hero and a sophoclean tragic hero. Traditional Greek tragic heroes have four main qualities: Arete‚ a type of excellence‚ Hubris‚ an excessive degree of pride‚ Ate‚ imprudence of blind recklessness and Nemesis‚ disastrous retribution. A Sophoclean hero is one who is rigid and whose courageous loyalty to a particular principle invites a disastrous fate. Antigone presents both types of greek heroes in one dramatic situation‚ which is that Creon is the traditional Greek tragic
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