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    principles: * 1. preservation of life * 2. preservation of religion * 3. preservation of reason * 4. preservation of lineage * 5. Preservation of property To preserve life‚ it prescribes the law of retribution.  Qisas To preserve religion‚ it prescribes the punishment for apostasy.  Hidood To preserve reason‚ it prescribes the punishment for drinking.  To preserve lineage‚ it prescribes the punishment for fornication. Hadood  To preserve wealth

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    developed societies in the world that have retained capital punishment (Baumer‚ Messner‚ & Rosenfeld‚ 2003).. When discussing the use of capital punishment there are some arguments that always are on the front of discussion. Arguments like retribution‚ deterrence‚ and just punishment are used the most. However‚ very seldom do we hear about the crime itself or how the victims have been brutalized. Although in our current legal system there are people that do hear these voices of the victims. We

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    considered when it comes to the sentencing of a criminal. These philosophies are: Retribution- Retribution is a philosophy that a wrong doer who has freely chosen to violate society’s rules must be punished. Retribution relies on the principal of “just deserts”‚ this holds that the severity of the punishment hold to the severity of the crime. This philosophy is not the same as revenge because retribution is more concerned with the rules of society as a whole‚ rather than the individualism

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    TERRORISM Terrorism is the systematic use of violence as a means of coercion for political purposes. In the international community‚ terrorism has no legally binding‚ criminal law definition. Common definitions of terrorism refer only to those violent acts which are intended to create fear (terror); are perpetrated for a religious‚ political‚ or ideological goal; and deliberately target or disregard the safety ofnon-combatants (civilians). Some definitions now include acts of unlawful violence

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    thrice before taking someone’s life as it makes them fear for their own. It is also seen that the death penalty punishment is far more effective than life imprisonment or any other such punishment. RETRIBUTION: It is believed by many people that an appropriate response to violent crimes is retribution. The ideology is that the punishment offered must fit the crime committed. For example‚ in the Christian Bible‚ in Leviticus 24: 17-20‚ “And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.

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    Retribution‚ Deterrence‚ Rehabilitation‚ and Incapacitation In the Criminal Justice System there are many different systems that work together to form policies which are created by the Federal Government. These policies are also applied to the state and local systems. There are four major philosophies which pertain to the felonies that have been committed. They are Retribution‚ Deterrence‚ Rehabilitation‚ and Incapacitation. Deterrence is in which people believe the offender should be punished

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    DETERRANCE‚ INCAPACITATION‚ RETRIBUTION‚ AND REHABILITATION: Modern criminal justice systems are base don several rationales (razones). 1. Threat (amenaza) of punishment dissuades potential offenders from breaking the law 2. Locking criminals up (encerrando los criminales) keeps them from victimizing more people. 3. Those who violate the law deserve (merecen) to be punished. And others: criminal justice system is to reform offenders through treatment. Deterrence (prevenir) Deterrence

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    Players like this are colloquially referred to as “rats”. By discouraging fighting‚ this allows for this type of player to annoy everyone and never be punished for it. This also opens the door to malicious acts of violence to which there is no retribution except a small fine and maybe a couple days off of work (Goon). This new pattern is incredibly unjust and it threatens the integrity of the game. Without fights‚ the pent-up aggression has nowhere to culminate‚ essentially making it more violent

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    In "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathienal Hawthorne‚ the narrarator places symbolic connections between Hestre’s daughter‚ Pearl and the life Hester endures after her commitment of an adultrious sin. Hester is forced to look upon her daughter; a living embodiment of the ultimate sin commited as a contant reminder of the past. The erry details used to describe Pearl as well as her actions enforce the sifficance of the consequence Hester must be reminded of evryday for her action in the past. In profiding

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    system is the need to balance the rights of accused criminals against society’s interest in imposing punishments on those convicted of crimes. The U.S. criminal justice system deals with punishment of those in violation of the law in several ways; retribution‚ incapacitation‚ deterrence‚ and even the possibility of rehabilitation are all different options that are utilized by the U.S. today with those convicted of crimes. After reading selections from Emile Durkheim’s “Rules of Sociological Method”‚

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