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    Corporal Punishment as an Act of Dicipline Every now and then we hear about cases where school children are hit by their teachers even over minor mistakes‚ and even recently we heard about a case where a ten year old boy was beaten by his teacher in Singapore (Corpun‚ 2000). This caused a widely publicized case in the local and even some international media. It has been debated and argued by many parties as corporal punishment and is now viewed as something which does not have any valid justification

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    the end of Dostoyesky’s Crime and Punishment‚ the reader is no longer under the illusion of the possible existence of "extraordinary" men. For an open-minded reader‚ and even perhaps the closed-minded ones too‚ the book is a journey through Raskolnikov’s proposed theory on crime. It is a theory based on the ideas that had "been printed and read a thousand times"(313) by both Hegel and Nietzsche. Hegel‚ a German philosopher‚ influenced Dostoyesky with his utilitarian emphasis on the ends rather than

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    Week 6 Assignment Punishment Research Paper “Does Punishment Deter Crime” By: Charmin M‚ Gunning Sociology/120-UOPX 8/12/2013 Introduction Today America has one of the highest crime rates in the world. There are many laws in this country that are meant to deter people from committing crimes‚ but‚ how well do these deterrents work? That is the question I will be addressing in this paper. I will also address the effects of four types of punishments; retribution‚ Deterrence‚

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    Punishment vs. Rehabilitation Deborah Bryant CJA/500 June 7‚ 2010 Nicholas Russo Theories regarding Punishment and Rehabilitation have evolved with the civilization of man. There was a time in history when the rights of the accused were not considered when

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    Philosophies of Punishment: Retribution David A. Gonzales California State University‚ Fullerton According to the book‚ Criminal Law and Punishment‚ written by Joel Samaha‚ the characteristics of punishment include pain or unpleasant consequences‚ punishment prescribed by the law‚ punishment administered intentionally and punishment administered by the state (Samaha 22). The two sole purposes of punishment are prevention and retribution. The five philosophies of punishment include

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    Thesis Statement : Women in this story may have lived in a male dominated society‚ but it seemed that the words the women spoke in this story were very strong in influencing the men. Sonya plays a major role in Raskolnikov’s life‚ being the person Raskolnikov relies on while he was in and out of prison. Raskolnikov felt a heavy connection with Sonya because she was a prostitute and he was a murderer‚ which let him feel like they’ve both committed sins. Because of Sonya’s self-sacrificing actions

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    commit crimes and that punishment should be about preventing future crimes from happening. Before the 17th century‚ common forms of punishment consisted of torture and death as a way to get even with a criminal or one of the laws of Hammurabi: an eye for an eye‚ and a tooth for a tooth. The classical school of criminology came after the enlightenment. This period introduced the basic ideas of how to operate the

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    Punishment vs. Rehabilitation Helen Olko October 1‚ 2012 Abstract The expectations that our society has for the criminal justice system is to punish and rehabilitate individuals who commit crime. Punishment and rehabilitation are also two of the four acknowledged objectives of the criminal justice system‚ with deterrence and incapacitation being the others. In the United States‚ punishment has always been the primary goal to achieve when dealing

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    Punishment versus Rehabilitation University of Phoenix AJS/502 Pamela Knothe July 29‚ 2013 This paper‚ I will discuss the issues of punishment versus rehabilitation debates. I will point out issues on how punishment and rehabilitation affects deterrence of crime‚ how it impacts victims and their family‚ impact offenders‚ impact on society‚ and the fiscal impact upon society. When looking at punishment and rehabilitation each one has purpose for the inmate. This debate will show both pros

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    reasons are rehabilitation‚ deterrence‚ retribution‚ and incapacitation. Because this process is sensitive‚ guidelines have been made to ensure that presumptive sentences are mandatory. Rehabilitation is considered one of the most "humane" goal of punishment. There are different ways a judge can impose a rehabilitation sentence. For example‚ a young woman is arrested for public drunkenness. The judge could sentence the young woman to 10 days in jail or reprimand her to a 28-day program for the alcohol

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