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Inappropriate Discipline of Spanking

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

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 ...

Arguing Against School Corporal Punishment

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

Justice and Ethics V

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

The Enron and Martha Stewart Cases Compared

those codified into law ...and creating societal pressures for reform" (p. 167). Indeed, the world is changing and more attention...

The Tragedy of Loss in "Paradise Lost"

and why Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden; but Book I is concerned to a great extent with setting the scene. The ...

Islamic Law, Aboriginal Customary Law and Queensland Law; a Comparison of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Systems

there are also some commonalities in the way that the law has been developed and the way it is implemented. In each case the evo...

Parenting in the First Person

that parents have to know if they are to shape their childrens behaviors effectively, and that its possible to learn those skills ...

Classical/Choice Theory and the Death Penalty

this implies that if an individual has been convicted of murdering another human being, then the death of that person is justified...

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...

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...

Review of the Laws Contained in the Code of Hammurabi

This essay consists of four pages and examines the Code of Hammurabi laws and then compares them with the crime and punishment of ...

Criminal Justice and How It Evolved

In fifteen pages this research paper examines ancient Babylonian criminal justice in a consideration of how crime and punishment h...

Social Determination of Crime Punishment Pros and Cons

This paper consists of ten pages and discusses society's determination of crime punishment in terms of its pros and cons. Eleven ...

Considering Three Strikes

ten years older.) (Allenye, 1996; Reynolds, 1995). It is commonly believed by those who frown upon the Three Strikes Law that alm...

Crime and Punishment as Viewed by Immanuel Kant, Thomas Hobbes, and Plato

In six pages this paper discusses crime and punishment in a fictitious dialogue between Kant, Hobbes, and Plato. Three sources ar...

Texas and Criminal Punishment

This paper considers the criminal punishment issue as it relates to Texas in five pages. Eight sources are cited in the bibliogra...

An Analysis of Crime and Punishment in Dead Man Walking

This three page paper analyzes crime and punishment from the perspective of the film by Tim Robbins. The question of whether just...

Goodfellas, The Godfather, Crime and Punishment

actions to be taken in the name of family honor. The crime, in this view, was to do nothing when disgraced. In contrast, the vie...

Overview of Shoplifting

cash refunds. The stores didnt ask them for receipts. We made $400 to $500 a day, Richard says" (p. 27). According to the Erns...

Sex Offenders and Violence

This paper considers the punishment of institutionalizing violent sexual offenders. Seven sources are cited in the bibliography....

Sixteenth Century Torture as Criminal Punishment

The book had been in continuous circulation for a period of over a hundred years. This was more "than any other book of similar sc...

Aggression and Anger

In a paper consisting of twelve pages the manifestations of aggression and anger are evaluated by examining how punishment reinfor...

Overview of Corporal Punishment

In an essay consisting of five pages the three decades' long debate regarding corporal punishment is examined from both sides with...

The Effect of Corporal Punishment on the Development of the Child

Spanking has fallen into disfavor as a method of discipline for children. This paper compares corporal punishment with other metho...

Corporal Bunishment

In five pages this paper discusses spanking in a corporal punishment overview. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

Locke, Rousseau and Authority To Punish

In five pages authority regarding criminal behavior punishment is considered within the contexts of philosophers Jean Jacques Rous...

Alternatives to Physical Punishment in Child Discipline

A paper arguing against physical punishment as a means of negative reinforcement for children. The author presents alternatives t...