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Corrections: Rehabilitation or Punishment

it is the job of the corrections system to punish offenders or rehabilitate them, and the two goals seem to be mutually exclusive....

The Symbol of Love

fully developed, three dimensional people and they cannot be easily labeled, which is the point. Raskolnikov killed a repulsive ol...

The Symbol of Suffering

entire character development is based on the idea that he is crucifying himself through the device of his mental anguish. He has n...

The Purpose of Prison is Punishment

This paper argues that the purpose of prison is punishment. Although some offenders go through the system and are rehabilitated, t...

In Support of Capital Punishment

The death penalty, as controversial as it may be, should be valid option in todays criminal justice system. Unless such a radical...

Repentance and Criminal Sentencing

According to Rogers (2007) moral retributivism is distinct from retributivism. In the latter, the infliction of suffering on thos...

Punishment for Crime in the U.S. China, Germany, and Israel

Israels rehabilitative methods, a turn toward changing attitudes fostered in great part by public opinion and public policy. Whil...

How Punishment Harms Children

form of punishment but others take away privileges. In the latter case, a parent may rescind television-viewing privileges for a d...

2 Law Articles Addressing the Issue of Polygamy, Summaries

prohibitions against polygamy and bigamy. For example, in the Supreme Court case of Reynolds v. U.S. 1878, the Court held while a ...

Constitutionality and Capital Punishment

During the 1970s, the case of Furman vs. Georgia pretty much wiped out the constitutionality of capital punishment when the Suprem...

Society and the Benefits of Capital Punishment

prior to its implementation. The crime must have been extremely egregious to warrant the ultimate penalty. An important point is...

Basic Argument Opposing Capital Punishment

be the case. This is because they want justice for their loved one. They do not want to see a murderer enjoy even another hour of ...

Inappropriate Discipline of Spanking

III. EMPIRICAL STUDIES AGAINST SPANKING A study conducted by Landsford et al (2005) focused upon the cultural approach to s...

Perspectives on Capital Punishment in America

generally perceived as a human rights violation (Grant 1998). During the last decade, however, there has been a growing internatio...

Juvenile Offenders and Capital Punishment

and unusual punishment for the general population), it can be argued that it can in fact be applied to juvenile offender populatio...

Rebuttal to James Rachels

all the same species, we are all precisely equal. That is clearly untrue: we are all very different in physical appearance, and we...

Immigration Pro and Con

homeland defense is on governmental agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security and similar bureaus, which are faced with...

OP-ED EDITORIAL: LEGISLATING FINANCIAL BEHAVIOR

reform bill" will end up punishing the wrong people and institutions. This is not to say the bill isnt a well-meaning attempt on t...

Development of & Importance of School Finance

duty to provide a comprehensive education for all of its citizens. Smith reacted to British mercantilism and its limits on trade, ...

Bowling Alone Message and Data Assessment

In seven pages the text by Robert Putnam that evaluates America's diminishing attention to social capital maintenance is examined ...

Gay Discrimination is Wrong

immediately discounts any justification for same-sex marriage that appeals to individual "rights" (Jordan 414). He justifies this ...

Against Trade Liberalization

to the extent that they are dealing with ethical companies. In far too many instances - the old Nike sweatshops, Union Carbide in...

How About Separation of Business and State?

Business Cycle One quality that all of the worlds leading economies share is that all have experienced trying times in the ...

Financial Issues; Market Efficiency, Sources of Capital and Dividend

not mean that it is an accurate theory. To assess this we need to look at the theory and how it can be justified and then consider...

Power, Surveillance and the Totalitarian State

can be trusted; it is the ultimate in paranoid societies. By keeping its citizens fearful and mistrustful of each other, the gover...

Against the Celebration of Halloween in Schools

to celebrate All Hallows Eve as a time of the wandering dead, but the supernatural beings were now thought to be evil" (Santino, 1...

In The Image Of God

states that the anthropomorphites commit a grave error because Jesus Himself said that God is a spirit and mans body cannot possib...

Politics and Christianity's Role

the Netherlands, said: "God the Lord unmistakably instituted the basic rule for the duty of government. Government exists to admin...

Venture Capital Valuation Case

return P/E ratio (a) 20 Net income at 5 years (b) 5,000,000 Total projected capitalisation at year 5 (c) (a x b) 100,000,000 Initi...

Death Penalty in Michigan

illustrates that incapacitation without the death penalty is possible through incarceration (Bedau, 2004). Even when these two rat...