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    Corporal Punishment

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    Corporal Punishment August 19‚ 2013 Introduction Corporal punishment‚ two words that raise so much emotion from fear‚ outrage‚ disgust‚ anger‚ pity and much more but exactly what is corporal punishment? When does punishment become abuse? Is corporal punishment acceptable in society? These and many more questions will be examined here. We will also look at some laws and the American culture toward corporal punishment. There is no doubt that children need to be held accountable and punished

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    forms of punishment are capital punishment‚ imprisonment‚ probation‚ restitution‚ fine‚ and community service. Capital punishment is when somebody commits a very serious crime like a first degree murder or something in that nature. The way capital punishment punishes is by lethal injection or electric chair. Imprisonment is for those who commits a crime that is not major or minor. For imprisonment they will be put in jail for a

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    Individual Punishment Philosophy Paper Robert J. Lawson CJS/220 April 13‚ 2014 Steven J. Weber There are four types of punishment philosophies that are used in the court system. Deterrence Theory is often used as a goal to deter criminal sentencing by placing fear in the criminal of the punishment they could receive. This particular theory is to try and rationalize with the criminal of how freedom from jail could be beneficial to them oppose to receiving jail time for the crime

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    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‚ however‚ punishments should have some other goal besides

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    Capital Punishment

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    Capital Punishment Capital punishment is a very controversial issue‚ that when looked at from the belief of moral and immoral‚ there is no true right or wrong side. However‚ when capital punishment is looked at from the point of view of real subjects and numbers‚ it actually is an inexpensive and fast form of punishment‚ decreases crime‚ and promotes equal treatment. Thus‚ capital punishment benefits America as a whole and should be used on individuals who commit first-degree murder. There are

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    Assess the usefulness of Marxism and other conflict theories of our understanding of society. Although social conflict theories such as Marxism and feminism clearly have their weaknesses‚ as all sociological theories do‚ it is unreasonable to say that they are ‘irrelevant’ to an understanding of modern society‚ as a large amount of contemporary sociological research has its roots in conflict theory in some way. Marxism is a useful conflict theory in helping us to understand why there was obedience

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    Theories of Punishment

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    On Criminal Law–Theories of Punishment July 22‚ 2009 In my criminal law class at law school‚ we discussed four basic theories of “why we punish”: deterrence (“to keep them from doing it”)‚ incarceration (“to keep those who do it away from us”)‚ rehabilitation (“to help them stop doing it”)‚ and retribution (“because they deserve it”). Any punishment should fall in line with your basic theory of punishment. It seems to me that each theory of punishment‚ when applied and examined‚ ends up needing

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    Punishment and Sentencing Paper CJA/224 Garrett LeGrange September 17‚ 2010 There are many different philosophies that are in use in the court systems when determining what sort of punishment will be imposed on someone who is found guilty of committing a crime. These philosophies are in use in both the adult courts and juvenile courts. The juvenile court system is similar to the adult courts‚ but there are many differences between the two. Both court systems try and keep crime from happening

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    During the civil rights movement of the 1960s‚ two prominent forms of protesting emerged. The act of nonviolent resistance‚ which was influenced by Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ was a way to protest peacefully‚ without attacking groups that opposed the movement. The effects of direct action‚ which were highly influenced by activists such as Stokely Carmichael and Malcolm X‚ were more violent and aggressive. Had these forms of protesting stood alone during the civil rights movement‚ America may not have

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    PUNISHMENTS IN PRIMITIVE SOCIETIES Introduction: The most usual criteria for punishment in primitive societies is the principle of "Eye for an eye". According to this principle if a person has taken the eye of another the chief orders that the eye of the criminal should be taken.Blood for blood is the ancient principle of retribution in primitive societies. Thus punishment is based on retributive principle. This is so since most of the tribal people believe that crime is a violation of divine

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