Summary: Shame Should Be Used More Often Than Imprisonment
Tamika Haynes
April 6, 2014
English 100
Shame should be used more often than Imprisonment In Today’s judicial system, imprisonment is being used more than shaming individuals when they commit a crime. It is better to shame an individual on a crime committed, such as stealing an item from a retail store, than giving a severe imprisonment sentence. Embarrassing an individual can hurt more than spending a substantial amount of time in prison doing nothing and not learning valuable lessons from the actual crime that was committed. Such mindful and senseless crimes, such as stealing clothing from a department store or maybe even DVD’s from a video store. The government should employ shaming and embarrassing for petty crime and that would leave more room …show more content…
First, law makers must modify sentencing guidelines to allow shame and impose limits on judicial discretion at a level equally as the limits placed on probation. Amending state sentencing guidelines to permit shaming will clear the way for judges to exercise the creativity without fear, of the reversal on statutory grounds. The American Criminal justice system should embrace shame as an effective means of punishing offenders. The problems of overcrowding in prisons and soaring budgets may have reached their limits require that the state and the federal legislatures, as well as the courts, implement creative alternatives to incarceration, which in most cases does not help the offender. Shaming could work in appropriate cases under the proper circumstances. Psychology of shame shows that it is a powerful tool in shaping behavior throughout and individual lifetime, showing offenders recognition of the wrongfulness of his or her deeds through shaming is a way to prevent future crimes. Shaming could be a lesson well learned when it can set examples for others and provide the public with a tangible sense of
April 6, 2014
English 100
Shame should be used more often than Imprisonment In Today’s judicial system, imprisonment is being used more than shaming individuals when they commit a crime. It is better to shame an individual on a crime committed, such as stealing an item from a retail store, than giving a severe imprisonment sentence. Embarrassing an individual can hurt more than spending a substantial amount of time in prison doing nothing and not learning valuable lessons from the actual crime that was committed. Such mindful and senseless crimes, such as stealing clothing from a department store or maybe even DVD’s from a video store. The government should employ shaming and embarrassing for petty crime and that would leave more room …show more content…
First, law makers must modify sentencing guidelines to allow shame and impose limits on judicial discretion at a level equally as the limits placed on probation. Amending state sentencing guidelines to permit shaming will clear the way for judges to exercise the creativity without fear, of the reversal on statutory grounds. The American Criminal justice system should embrace shame as an effective means of punishing offenders. The problems of overcrowding in prisons and soaring budgets may have reached their limits require that the state and the federal legislatures, as well as the courts, implement creative alternatives to incarceration, which in most cases does not help the offender. Shaming could work in appropriate cases under the proper circumstances. Psychology of shame shows that it is a powerful tool in shaping behavior throughout and individual lifetime, showing offenders recognition of the wrongfulness of his or her deeds through shaming is a way to prevent future crimes. Shaming could be a lesson well learned when it can set examples for others and provide the public with a tangible sense of