Essays on Punishment

Corporal punishment is the intentional infliction of physical pain given to students for an offence committed. It may take several forms such as hitting, slapping, pinching, kicking, slapping and use of various objects. The main objective of applying corporal punishment is intended to reform behavior. However, it has been viewed as a result of both social and collective problems. For example, corporal punishment in schools is associated with reduced quality of school life among students. On the other hand, spanking is a form of discipline used on children. Also, it takes the form of deliberate striking the bottom of Continue reading...

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Introduction

Capital Punishment, also known as a Death Penalty, is a legal process by which a person accused of a crime is put to death. The term is derived from the Latin word “capitalis”, meaning beheading. Widely regarded as one of the most controversial topics of the 21st century, this paper focuses on the historical, moral and social aspects of the use of capital punishment. It covers all arguments both in favor of and against this form of punishment.

Historical Significance

Capital Punishment and Death Penalty Law is a centuries old phenomenon. The first death penalty laws were established in Continue reading...

Behavioral Psychology is one of the basic topics in psychology that looks into how people or animals behave the way they behave. Although, behavioral psychology is one of the foundations of psychology, teachers have observed that students find the topic a little difficult to understand. The topic tries to find an explanation why people or animals have their corresponding mental and physical reactions in response to certain stimuli. In behavioral psychology, the idea is that the behavior of people and animals can be both conditioned and results of either rewards or punishments applied to them. Further, it is also Continue reading...

Conditioning in Psychology refers to the processes by which repeated stimulus produce predictable and frequent response. There are two types of conditioning namely classical and operant conditioning. Classical conditioning was discovered by Ivan Pavlov during his digestive system research (Kalat, 2011). Pavlov noticed that the dogs salivated whenever they sighted attendants dressed in lab coats. He attributed this behavior to the repeated exposure of both food and lab coats to the dogs. Pavlov investigated the behavior by ringing a bell whenever he was presenting food to dog. After repeated occurrences, he observed that the dogs could salivate when the Continue reading...

Capital punishment uses death penalty as a form of punishment in many states and countries. It is a practice that has raised endless questions all over the world. Capital punishment or death penalty policy has changed in many countries overtime. Countries such as, New Australia, Zealand and 15 states in the US do not have capital punishment. One of the major concerns arising with capital punishment is because it causes ending of a human life. People and organizations of different backgrounds are not pleased with the practice because it undermines humanity. Society being mixed of different people there are Continue reading...

In psychology, there is a learning theory that states that as we learn, we adjust the manner in which we perceive our environment and the manner in which we interpret the incoming stimuli. Consequently, all this alters the way we interact, or behave. It is from this theory that one learns about behaviorism. The latter is the study or our behaviors after exposure to given stimuli within the environment. This helps us in understanding the effects given stimuli have on us.
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Introduction

Capital punishment is one of the longest raging debates regarding punishment of criminals in the criminal justice system. Capital punishment, commonly referred to as the death penalty, is a method of retribution against capital crimes by killing the perpetrator (Mandery, 2011). The death penalty has received severe criticism in recent years from civil rights groups, activists and pro-life campaigners. The main aim of this paper is to consider a variety of methods used to execute criminals, their history, their effectiveness and peripheral matters regarding this issue.
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Contemporary American society currently faces a number of truly divisive issues regarding personal freedoms and liberties. These debates hold such a sway in society that they often become the deciding factors in political contests of all levels. Consequently, the topics themselves, such as abortion, gay marriage, gun control, and healthcare, are well known to the average person, even if all the facts concerning them are not. However, of these issues, perhaps the most important is the legality of the death penalty as constitutional form of punishment. This extra form of retribution should not be continued in the United States Continue reading...

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Capital Punishment as Public Policy: Bane or Boon?

In the philosophy of those that advocate for the implementation of capital punishment as a form of public policy in crime deterrence and punitive criminal agenda, the crime should befit the punishment. If a life has been taken, then the life of the one who took that life must be the “payment” for the crime. In the United States, the implementation of capital punishment as a crime deterrence policy is still much in force; of the 50 states in the Union, only 14 have abrogated the use of the death penalty in their criminal laws. However, with the Continue reading...

According to sociological and criminological studies, social problems, namely poverty, race, and punishment are interconnected. Different scholars have developed five core arguments regarding the interconnection of these problems. The first is that criminal victimization and sanctions perpetuate stratification and poverty. The understanding of this argument requires an exploration of the current trends in criminal punishment by poverty status and ethnicity. It also demands an examination of how victimization patterns vary across races and how sanctions affect future chances at life. Criminal sanctions are usually inflicted by a state; however, the determination of the severity of the sanctions needs justification ( Continue reading...

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A threat is an act where the speaker makes a statement that communicates a serious expression of intent; this enables him to commit a violent, unlawful act to a group of people or just an individual. Due to violence in schools within the teenagers, there are laws that were made in the supreme courts. The court said that threats were not true if delivered in a protected speech. Once such cases are submitted to the court it judges based on the vantage point of both the speaker and the recipient. In student cases, they use the method of the Continue reading...

While it is true that Mills recognizes the need to uphold an individual’s rights and privileges, he supports the need to impose capital punishment for capital offenders. His argument is based on the principle of utility, which is aligned with Benthamite’s principle of frugality, and exemplarity. Mills further notes that the punishment should emphasize on its core role; that of deterring crime; hence, it should not be imposed in a severe manner that disregards its intended purpose. In arguing for capital punishment, Mills concurs that murder remains to be of the greatest crimes recognized by the law. Continue reading...

In his speech; in favor of capital punishment, Mill argues in favor of the death penalty for worst murderers on the basis of Benthamite’s principle of exemplarity and frugality. As Mills states, punishment as an intrinsic form of mischief should not be excessively severe than is required to attain its anticipated effect; that of deterring crime. Although Mills recognizes the needs to uphold one’s rights, he explicitly advocates for the preservation of capital punishment in cases of aggravated murder. Mill states that whenever the greatest crime as a recognized law; murder, and when the culprit’ position suggests Continue reading...

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PLEA BRAGAINING IN THE COURT SYSTEM 2
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Plea bargaining is used very often in the criminal courts to assist the court system in addressing the problems associated with long trials. In a plea bargain, the prosecutor and the defendant agree to a lesser charge or a reduction of charges in exchange for a guilty plea. Both sides must agree and must be approved by the judge before the plea bargain will be entered. Plea bargains are viewed as beneficial in that they reduce the lengthy time, expense, and uncertainty of going to trial for both the defendant and Continue reading...

Introduction

Islamic criminal justice system is unique compared to other criminal justice systems of the world, for example, the British criminal justice system or even the American criminal justice systems. Whereas the essence of penology in an American justice system would be aimed at imposing stiff punishment to heavy or complex crimes, Islamic criminal justice system is aimed at imposing the stiffest penalty to simple crimes so that more complex crimes are not committed in future. The penalty is thus deterrent in a special way. Furthermore, this justice system practiced by Muslims is ordained by God, implemented by the Prophet Continue reading...

This is a memo that is meant to elaborate on the subject matter of the above in relation to the welfare of the society. The country through its legislature has seen it fit to institute such a law owing to the frequency of road accidents in the recent past. This legislation is aimed at deterring the population from committing such an offense and at the same time punishing those who have breached the law. This legislation is not only aimed at punishing offenders but also deterring potential ones from committing such a crime.
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Death Penalty

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The main aim of this research is to depict history of the death penalty from its evolution and to show the role of it nowadays. A comparison of old and modern methods of execution reveals the movement to human and democratic world. The ancient death penalty can be characterized as one of the most cruel and varvarous methods. The execution in the Middle ages is also inhuman. Today, the society undergones transformation and develops of painless means of execution. Specifically, this paper considers such kinds of execution as burning alive, decapitation, hanging, boiling in oil, Continue reading...

The Greek mythology literature focus on the relationship that people has with the gods and their roles in helping them win battles. The need to overturn a particular city and gain control made kings engage into physical battles as they sought the favor of the gods. Dante’s inferno is one literature that not only looks at the fights that different communities had, it also looks at the aftermath of such kings and their ultimate destiny in hell. Despite the physical wars that were fought on earth, it was believed that there would be an eternal reward and punishment Continue reading...

King Brothers and Lionel Tate

Background King Brothers and Lionel Tate:
Lionel Tate, was convicted of the July 28, 1999 murder of 6 year old Tiffany Eunick who was punched, kicked, stomped, and thrown to death (See Wrestling, 2001). The injuries Tiffany suffered as a result of the beating included “a fractured skull, a lacerated liver, and more than 30 other injuries” (Wrestling, 2001). At the time of the incident Lionel Tate was 12 years old and weighed 170 pounds. As a result of his role in Ms. Eunick’s death, Lionel Tate was charged with first degree murder. A part of his defense, Continue reading...

For example Elizabeth L. Angeli, Department of Psychology, State University.

This research was supported in part by a grant from the Sample Grant
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Angeli, Department of English, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 55555
The value of alternative sentencing
“Sentencing refers to the punishment that a judge imposes upon a defendant who has either plead guilty to a charge or who was convicted following a judge or jury trial (Nocuffs.com, n.d.).”
“Sentences for a criminal conviction can take many forms, and a conviction does not always mean a trip to prison. Alternative sentences can include different combinations of the Continue reading...

How Mill Apply the Principle of Utility to the Issue of Capital Punishment

In his parliamentary speech in, 1868, Mill argues in favour of capital punishment retention. In support of capital punishment, Mill argues that a punishment being an essential malice, it should be accomplished in a more severe way that it ought to be in order for the punishing party to attain the anticipated effect to the murderer. He further accentuates that, the desired effect of punishment can best be achieved economic wise if the suffering is inflicted more severe that it ought to be. Based on his perceptions, execution is less cruel when compared to life imprisonment where one will Continue reading...

A lot of fuss has been raised over this severe penalty for some felonies in many nations around the world. Great debates have been held over the same on whether to legalize it or not. Very strong, convincing reasons have been put across, both at national and international levels, supporting the mentioned topic of discussion and also its discouragement. Capital punishment has quite a number of reasons for its legalization but under well elaborated system of its administration. For crimes such as aggravated murder, there is no other form of punishment that would satisfactorily account for it other than Continue reading...

There are numerous ways to handle or react to various situations in human life, personal or professional. These ways are termed as behavior. It can be anything; general ways of life, responding to certain stimulus, responding to challenges, responding to social needs etc. These behavior is considered very important for success in any one’s action and reaction. Especially in case of management where there are great theories and defined ways of completion available, it becomes very vital that professionals have the right set of behaviors so that probability of success gets increased. There is a lot of academic Continue reading...

Many people believe that the death penalty is a violation of human rights and an inhumane and cruel act. Capital punishment is an inhumane when the person put to death is a guiltless. However, when you give capital punishment to a criminal who ripped and tortured the lives of many others, then the least he/she deserved is to get death penalty. The victims of rape would never feel the sense of safety unless they know that their assaulter had acquired what he/she deserved and executed from earth. If a person leak out any secret of his/her country to the Continue reading...

Learning and training a person or animal to behave a certain way can sometimes be tricky. Depending on the subject, mere instruction is not enough. At times the subject may require added motivation to learn or accept the training. In order to handle situation such as these, psychologists came up with what is known as operant conditioning, a system of rewards and punishments that allow the subject to be trained behaviorally.
Operant conditioning is a simple concept to understand. It is a learning technique, occurring through the practice of rewards and punishments for certain behaviors. Operant conditioning allows the Continue reading...

Informative Speech Assignment #1: The Full-Sentence Outline

Specific Purpose Statement: After listening to my speech, my audience will know what a death penalty is, why it should be replaced, and how.

Introduction

A.    Why is this question important?
B.    Do you know, at all, why is a death penalty used?
    II.        The death penalty can be replaced with life imprisonment.
   III.       The life imprisonment is more moral, ethic and efficient sentence for cruel crimes.

Transition: death penalty has its reasons

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      I.        There are some vital reasons to use the death penalty.
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Introduction/Summary

As per the article by Bernard Siegel, the decisions to whether to buy a health insurance or not have been the subject of debate among people. Here, affordability is said to play a vital making choices. As such, many young people tend to weigh their budgets against the risks involved. The risks (chance of incurring medical costs of at least $ 27000 by 2011) attributed to the young people (25-34 years) is estimated to be about 5%. About 6 million people are anticipated to pay the penalty for not buying a health insurance policy, which will increase proportionately with an Continue reading...

U.S. v. Waldon

The decision in this case is an affirmation of the United States Court of Appeals of the decision rendered by an inferior court concerning the death sentence of the appellant. The defendant sought the reversal of the death penalty passed on him by relying on some irregularities committed by the grand jury. The appellant claimed the trial judge acted contrary to the language used in the Federal Death Penalty Act (FDPA).

Facts of the Case

Waldon was the deputy sheriff at Jacksonville’s Sheriff Office (JSO). Between 1994 and1997 he served on the SWAT team. In April 1197, Waldon was Continue reading...

International observers and commentaries from scholars show that human rights situation in Syria are considerably poor. From early 1923 to 1946 Syria was under the control of France. During that period, there were concerns regarding human rights such as the French treatment of Druze in their autonomous southern territory as peasants and prisoners (Paul, 1990, p. 9). The French used the Druze as forced labor. Following the Great Syrian Revolt, the French forces laid siege in the countryside and in Damascus. The forces killed about 6,000 rebels and displaced over 100,000 civilians. The authorities displayed the mutilated Continue reading...

The Long Black veil, is a song composed by Johnny Cash and expresses numerous elements similar to the ones discussed by Nathaniel Hawthorne in The Scarlet Letter. These two pieces of literature expounds on the theme regarding the sin of adultery that ultimately hurts the characters in the stories. In the song Long Black Veil, a man is falsely charged with murder. However, he fails to give an alibi since, on the night when another man was killed, the man was having an affair with the wife of his best friend, and he claims that he would rather die Continue reading...

Human behaviour is one of the most studied subjects in the world today. The complexity of human behaviour has elicited a colossal amount of research by psychologists seeking to understand some of the behavioral trends exhibited by human beings. Consequently, these psychologists have advanced several theories that explain some of the fundamental aspects of human behaviour. Behaviorism is primarily concerned with observable human behaviour. Theories of behaviorism emphasize behavioral changes that result from a stimulus-response association that is made by a learner. The proponents of this theory regard all human behaviour as a sort of response to natural stimuli ( Continue reading...

Death penalty

The death penalty, or capital punishment as it is commonly known, is one of the issues that have raised controversy not only in the United States, but all over the globe. Undoubted, this subject remains a thorny issue in the world entirely. The United States remains one of the few countries in the world, where the capital punishment is still executed. Whereas some individuals are of the view that this kind of punishment is barbaric in nature and contravenes moral values, others argue that it is a crucial instrument and deterrent in dealing with intended and often violent murder ( Continue reading...

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Capital Punishment is a very serious form of punishment which is highly debatable in the field of law. This punishment is usually implemented for the severest of crimes and the most dangerous of criminals. Where in some countries of the world this punishment is given as a norm, there are other countries where this punishment has been deleted from the context of punishments as a rule. Various schools of thought carry their differing opinions of the imposition of the death penalty based on many reasons. My objective Continue reading...

Compare and Contrast Two Arguments-Essay-Arguments

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Capital punishment is the punishment given to the criminal which involves sentenced to death. The crime committed by the person leads him to the state in which the judiciary decides the death penalty for him. Capital punishment is an issue comprising of great value due to the democracy prevailing in the states. The question is raised if, capital punishment is ethically a correct way for the alleviation of crimes or not. This debate is not an Continue reading...

In Introduction to Psychology: Gateways to Mind and Behavior (2012), Coon and Mitterer write, “The principles of operant conditioning [] are among the most powerful tools in psychology” (pg. 226). The definition of operant conditioning is a form of learning in which reinforcement increases the probability of a response. A response that is followed by a reinforcing stimulus is more likely to reoccur. Operant conditioning is explains much day-to-day behavior. Every individual lives his or her life according to the reinforcement they receive after performing an action. This kind of learning is operant conditioning—“learning based on the consequences of Continue reading...

- Introduction
Establishing justice for the victim of a crime is one of the purposes of the legal justice system; it is a founding basis upon which other legal principles are built. There is a difference between justice and revenge, however; and revenge is often the topic of discussion when including victims in the legal process is concerned, particularly in the sentencing phase. The discussion here will center around the question of whether the victim or victims should be involved in the sentencing process, given their close emotional connection with the crime in question.
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Is the death penalty fair or is it cruel and unusual punishment?

Capital punishment is fair when applied on stricter terms and case by case basis.It is only applicable to heinous crimes The punishment, however, should not be a preserve of the state but a decision that has to go through the federal courts (Bedau and Cassell 83). This is because various states have various degrees of determining how heinous a crime is in order to impose capital punishment. For instance, Texas is more than willing to hand over this sort of punishment for a crime that would attract 25 years to life imprisonment. Death penalty can only meet its legal Continue reading...

INTRODUCTION

Crime is a reality of society. One crime or another is committed every minute of everyday all over the globe. Some are petty crimes, shoplifting and writing bad checks, while others are much more serious like assault, rape, and armed attacks. It is the latter crimes that garner the most severe of punishments from the legal system. While the justice system struggles to find the means to prevent, deter, and eliminate the opportunities for crime, crime continues on. When it comes to the most severe of all crimes, murder, there is a divide among the citizens about what is Continue reading...

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- Introduction :
- Thesis: I believe capital punishment as a punishment for crimes should be reversed. It wastes the government’s money, does not serve its purpose and is immoral.
- Attention Getter:  Is the eye-for-an-eye method right? Does killing a person really equate the loss and sorrow of the victim’s family? Is this a form of reinforcement and punishment that we want our youth to nurture in?
- First Argument Against Capital Punishment:
- Capital Punishment is morally wrong
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Corporal punishment, though used in many countries as a method of controlling and disciplining students, is not an effective disciplinary approach. Discipline is an essential feature of schools in the US. Many schools use different disciplinary approaches ranging from suspension, security methods, and corporal punishment among others. Research studies reveal that these discipline methods are not always successful and have to be implemented with a lot of care by those charged with administering them (Cameron, 2006). Corporal punishment is used as a disciplinary approach in schools because it is believed that it can act as a good deterrent to Continue reading...