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A Criminology Overview

(Henry and Lanier 2). The field itself is a branch of social science, in which criminologists endeavor to better understand crime...

Arguing Against School Corporal Punishment

inflicted" (Greydanus, et al.) Further, there is "no clear evidence that such punishment effectuates more discipline or better co...

Police Officers and Unprofessional Behavior

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 ...

Justice and Ethics V

Theories of punishment indicate that the above is an invalid association. Certainly murder is serious, but it also - by definitio...

Modifying Behavior and the Debate Regarding Rewards and Punishment

technique and what happens when there is no threat of punishment or promise of a reward (Brandenburg, 2006). When children are g...

Inappropriate Discipline of Spanking

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

Alternative Punishments in the Justice System

for three offenses, no matter how slight each one is. The idea behind the punishment is to deter criminals, but it doesnt always w...

Which Punishment is Best

alarming rate. Although the crime rate in general has dropped, there is little evidence to show a direct causal relationship betwe...

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...

Motivation of Raskolnikov's in Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment

In 5 pages this paper examines what motivated Raskolnikov's 'crime' in Crime and Punishment. There is 1 source cited in the bibli...

Three Strikes Law Evaluated

A hypothetical situation submitted by a student forms the basis for this paper consisting of eight pages in which Hawaii's 'three ...

Crime and Punishment Evolution

In three pages this paper exmines the evolution of crime and punishment from the Middle Ages to modern times. Five sources are ci...

Criminal Sentencing

Justice Statistics, 1996 was the first year State and Federal courts convicted a combined total of over 1 million adults of feloni...

Spanking as a Detrimental Form of Discipline

cries, he or she should be picked up. To do otherwise is cruel. Obviously, a newborn is not trying to manipulate a parent but many...

Early Modern England and Perceived Correlation Between Crime and Sin

In seven pages English crime and punishment between the years 1550 and 1750 are examined in order to determine to what extent the ...

Do Humans Control Their Own Lives?

This 7 page paper asks to what degree humans control their own lives. It uses three literary works, Metamorphosis by Kafka; The Lo...

Sin's Differing Degrees in Various Works of Literature

In seven pages this paper examines sin and punishment in a contrast of how they are portrayed in The Thousand and One Nights, Don ...

'Inferno' by Dante and Contrapasso

crime. Several rings down, Dante and Virgil arrive at a somewhat darker cluster, that of Violent Crimes. This ring is epitomized ...

Morality and Man According to John Locke

In five pages Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding is referenced in a discussion of the philosopher's perspectives rega...

Prison System of the State of Texas

prison although no threats have been made on her life. In other celebrity cases, Texas saw singer David Crosby of Crosby, Stills,...

Singapore and Criminal Justice

the primary influences in the restructuring and rebuilding of the civilian forces. A womens unit was added and new uniforms were s...

Reasons for Punishment According to Friedrich Nietzsche

core of humanitys lack of individualism and blind willingness to be part of what he referred to as "the herd." In Nietzsches opini...

Crime Deterrence Through Harsher Punishment

these facts: * Homicide rates increased sharply beginning about 1965 or 1966. The number of executions plummeted from 47 in 1962 t...

Analyzing Canto XIII of 'Inferno' by Dante Alighieri

souls of "the violent against themselves" (1194). To arrive at their destination, Dante and Virgil must travel across a "river of...

Corporal Punishment and its Impact

comments made for and against the use of spanking. Definition Corporal Punishment Corporal punishment is "the intentional inflic...

Everyday Life Examples of Conditioning Theory

B.F. Skinner's theories are examined in this conditioning theory discussion that consists of eight pages with everyday life exampl...

Turkey and Saudi Arabia on Punishment and Morality Crimes

In eight pages the Islamic definition of morality crimes is considered in a discussion of punishment methods in Saudi Arabia and T...

Punishment of Volpone in Ben Jonson's Volpone

In five pages this paper discusses the fact that while Volpone received punishment in this play by Ben Jonson, whether or not it w...