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19th Century Boston, Crime, and Punishment

in ideology about punishment, there is often changes in types of crimes committed. The most common reason for arrests in the 1800...

Key Behaviorist Theory Terms

that decreases the occurrence of or eliminates a behavior (Boeree, 2006). A good example is the child always talking out in class....

Punishment for Negligent Discharge of a Firearm

one? Its been surprisingly difficult to find solid reputable references about this issue. There are a great many "blogs" out ther...

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...

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 ...

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,...

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...

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...

Cruel and Unusual Punishment

and unusual? According to a student, the phrase "cruel and unusual punishment may include the death penalty, torture, solitary co...

Scarlet Letter/Sin of A Guilty Heart

its mothers shame has come from the hand of God," and, in so doing, works upon the heart of her mother, both giving her joy and pr...

Sentencing Models

The individual is paying his dues, so to speak. There has been much criticism waged against retributive justice. Why? It seems tha...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

'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 ...

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...

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...

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...

Dante's 'Inferno' and Allocating Characters to the Relevant Circles

Iin this paper that consists of 5 pages the appropriate punishments for characters from four major literary works contained within...

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...

Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment and Raskolnikov

In six pages this paper presents a protagonist analysis of Raskolnikov featured in Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky. One sourc...

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...