Essays on Harsh Punishment

Essay

The issue of spanking and corporal punishment is a very important issue to be discussed. Personally, I do not think spanking should be an acceptable form of discipline for children, and young children in particular. Though it is out of the question whether parents spank their children or not. I believe that most parents do spank their kids. The rest are just demonstrating such a soft approach in controlling their children’s behavior; and this, unfortunately, often results in some controversy as children might become spoiled, neglected, aggressive and even cruel. ‘The physical punishment of children has always been ...

The number of cases involving mental incompetence has been increasing within the U.S. during recent years. According to a 2008 article from USA Today, “Legal analysts attribute the increase to a lack of mental health care, judges’ increased openness to such claims and legal strategies by defendants to avoid harsh punishment” (Johnson & Seaman, 2008).

It would make sense that more criminals would want to use the defense of mental incompetence, simply because of the fact that if they are found to be incompetent to stand trial, they are then sent to a mental health facility to be treated – if ...

Today, many educators initiate the use of recommended strategies to equip students in the field of creative writing to avoid plagiarism. This is because plagiarism is viewed to be among the emerging problems in education. There is evidence that various learners are victims of plagiarism. To win this war, essays, and various academic works have been generated to influence students to realize the need to avoid plagiarism in their academic works. Scott Jaschik is among those people to have emphasized a creative way in writing for learners and students in post secondary level of education. Scott makes the use ...

Introduction

It is illegal to for drivers to drink and drive and this rule is eminent in most countries and states across the globe. This paper review seeks to analysis drunk driving punishment in Wisconsin and this is then compared to other state laws and punishment permissible under this statutory law. This statutory provision has been in existence in Wisconsin since 1911 with a clear focus on two main requirement which are speed limits for driving and the age permissible to drive; included in this law is the provision that, no intoxicated person shall operate, ride or drive any automobile along ...

Bibliography;

Green, T. H. (1882). Ethics, Metaphysics, and Political Philosophy. Mander, W. J. & Dimova-Cookson, M. Oxford University Press, (2006). This a treatise on political philosopher T.H Green arguably one of the creators of the welfare state. I used this work to illustrate the motivations of the state for their use of punishment highlighting the fact that harsh punishment such as the death penalty is a direct threat of violence to the public and this is a negative influence on crime. Locke, John (1689) Two Treatises of Government This work is on the functions of government, I picked this out ...

The juvenile system is a network of agencies dealing with children below adulthood, who have in one way or another violated the laid laws. The main goal of the juvenile justice system in the state of Georgia is to reclaim the lives of juvenile offenders through education and the prevention of juvenile crimes and rehabilitation of juvenile offenders. This is a way to help teenagers and children by protecting them from harsh punishment for their offense. This is because criminal courts were deemed unnecessary and less serious. Another goal was to destruct youthful offenders from destructive punishment of criminal courts. This ...