Essays 271 - 300
and unusual? According to a student, the phrase "cruel and unusual punishment may include the death penalty, torture, solitary co...
technique and what happens when there is no threat of punishment or promise of a reward (Brandenburg, 2006). When children are g...
(Henry and Lanier 2). The field itself is a branch of social science, in which criminologists endeavor to better understand crime...
the force. In the case of Ruland, little was likely done. It was not an egregious mistake and some suggest that he was not out of ...
inflicted" (Greydanus, et al.) Further, there is "no clear evidence that such punishment effectuates more discipline or better co...
III. EMPIRICAL STUDIES AGAINST SPANKING A study conducted by Landsford et al (2005) focused upon the cultural approach to s...
Theories of punishment indicate that the above is an invalid association. Certainly murder is serious, but it also - by definitio...
might encompass the criminals perception of societal views if criminal activity and how that view would extend to them if they wer...
if there were few laws on the books, there would be anarchy. People would basically do whatever they wanted. They might rape the g...
II. HOW EFFECTIVE IS PUNISHMENT IN CONTROLLING CRIME? WHY? Warehousing of prisoners is perhaps the most prevalent of all ap...
does not have a good track record in terms of sexual encounters. In defense of the verdict, Rainey (2004) notes that those who op...
implement comprehensive mental health programs not only to help alleviate prison overcrowding but also to rescue those inmates who...
story we have "Yevgeny Vassilyitch Bazarov, a nihilistic young medical school graduate and Arkadys closest friend. Arrogant and ru...
was important to history, especially at a time when the slave trade was prominent in the New World. [2] Think about Martin Luther...
the problem may be with what he has been told to do--or to learn" (Kohn, 1996, p. PG). Myriad ways exist as a means by which to ...
In eight pages this student posed hypothetical scenario examines the implementation of Hawaii's 'three strikes' law as it impacts ...
allows others to live peacefully. Incarcerating a rapist or murderer makes certain that no one will be harmed by that individual ...
several hours of community service. However, this same offender is likely to appear again, usually before the same juvenile court...
have turned into even greater social misfits as a means by which to defy the authoritative nature of corporal punishment. Any com...
not account for ways besides state punishment in which the unfair advantage can be offset. When the theory is modified so as to a...
of morality crimes in Saudi Arabia relates to the concept of Shariah (a term which translates to mean "path") (Dowling, 2001). Th...
topic, there are still many parents and adults in this society who believe that corporal punishment is not only tolerable, but tha...
The bright-eyed Mariner"(Coleridge, 2002). The sailor (or Mariner) says that though they started on calm enough seas, the wind p...
works. Yerkes demonstrated the principal in a simple T-shaped maze, as in one of the places, the experimenter placed a strip of s...
core of humanitys lack of individualism and blind willingness to be part of what he referred to as "the herd." In Nietzsches opini...
the primary influences in the restructuring and rebuilding of the civilian forces. A womens unit was added and new uniforms were s...
these facts: * Homicide rates increased sharply beginning about 1965 or 1966. The number of executions plummeted from 47 in 1962 t...
souls of "the violent against themselves" (1194). To arrive at their destination, Dante and Virgil must travel across a "river of...
comments made for and against the use of spanking. Definition Corporal Punishment Corporal punishment is "the intentional inflic...
prison although no threats have been made on her life. In other celebrity cases, Texas saw singer David Crosby of Crosby, Stills,...