The purposes of punishment. What are the purposes of punishment? Which do you consider to be the most important and why? Student: *********** Student number: ******* Tutor name: ************* Hand-in date: 21st of November 2011 To begin with‚ it is necessary to say that punishment is an integral part of modern countries’ legal systems‚ because countries have a duty to protect society from wrongdoers and authorities could reach success in it by punishing offenders. Oxford English
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The purpose of jails in society is to protect innocent citizens‚ to protect the innocent to make sure people who break the law have a punishment and at the same time set an example so people don’t break the law again. Many observers see this negligence as having far-reaching consequences for criminal justice. Jail is often the first contact that citizens have with the corrections system. It is at this point that treatment and counseling have the best chance to deter future criminal behavior. Until
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9 November 2012 Reward or Punishment? "The right to life and dignity are the most important of all human rights and this must be demonstrated by the state in everything that it does‚ including the way it punishes criminals.” - Justice Arthur Chaskalson. The death penalty is considered‚ “the legal” punishment for a criminal. Although the death penalty has been used for many years‚ the thought of it continues to bring shivers down the back of most of society. Even though there has been an abundant
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Jail and Prison CJA/204 Jail and Prison The judicial system has a way of punishing criminals in such a way that will remove them from visual daily contact with society. The punishment is in the form of imprisonment‚ jail or prison. This paper will discuss the four types of prisons and explain the concept of prison as a total institution. Jails can play an important role in the criminal justice system‚ in which will also be discussed. The paper will also study the role of community based
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needed in the following sentences. 1. The men in question Harold Keene‚ Jim Peterson‚ and Gerald Greene deserve awards. 2. Several countries participated in the airlift Italy‚ Belgium‚ France‚ and Luxembourg. 3. Only one course was open to us surrender‚ said the ex-major‚ and we did. 4. Judge Carswell later to be nominated for the Supreme Court had ruled against civil rights. 5. In last week’s New Yorker‚ one of my favorite magazines‚ I enjoyed reading Leland’s article How Not to Go Camping. 6
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one ever expects to receive the "I’ve been arrested‚ can you please help get me out of jail" call from a friend or family member. Most people go their entire lives without needing to help bail someone out. In many cases‚ the only exposure they’ve had to our industry is based on what they’ve seen on television. That can be scary. At this point‚ the only thing they can focus on is getting their loved one out of jail fast. They might start their search for a bondsman by grabbing the local Yellow Pages
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How to communicate with others: 1.) Look them in the eye 2.) Pay close attention 3.) Introduce yourself 4.) Be courteous 5.) Smile If your goal is to fully understand and connect with the other person‚ listening effectively will often come naturally. If it doesn’t‚ you can remember the following tips. The more you practice them‚ the more satisfying and rewarding your interactions with others will become. Focus fully on the speaker‚ his or her body language‚ and other nonverbal cues. If you’re
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Jails and Prisons Tammy Johnson CRJ303: Corrections Professor Jeffrey Cudworth January 7‚ 2013 Jails and Prisons Jails and prisons are both types of sanctions that are used for convicted offenders that have committed crimes‚ but there are many differences in the two. “Jails are locally operated short- term confinement facilities originally built to hold suspects following arrest and pending trail. Today’s jails also serve these purposes: * They receive individuals pending arraignment
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The application of sanctions by the legal system has been at the forefront of society’s efforts to control criminal behaviour. The most recent trend‚ especially in the U.S.‚ has been to use prison sentences‚ particularly what are known as mandatory sentences‚ to achieve this goal. Mandatory sentences are grid-like sentencing prescriptions that attempt to make the "punishment" fit the crime. Judicial discretion is severely limited as regards weighting of individual circumstances in sentencing. Almost
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argue that social networking sites make children vulnerable to online predators and identity thief‚ lowers worker productivity‚ and leads to huge time wastage. Personally‚ I believe that social networking sites do have their role and purpose in society‚ as long as they are utilised properly. According to Nielsen‚ a global marketing and advertising research company‚ social media is now the number one online activity‚ beating email and porn to the top spot. Two-thirds of the internet population
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