How does our correctional system punish offenders? Convicted felons can be punished in many different ways‚ but one thing is sure it would not be cruel and unusual. Before we look at how we punish offenders we must first understand why we are punishing them. The general purpose behind punishment is to inflict upon criminals some kind of suffering for the crime that they have committed or to protect society from those considered too dangerous to live amongst us. Punishment‚ a necessary evil‚ is sometimes
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violent incidents. There were also 871‚712 violent offences recorded by the police‚ which is 4% less than the previous year. Many studies have been conducted to look at violent offenders’ personality and social environment. The ongoing debate of nature and nurture is underlying in the explanation of violent offenders. Factors such as
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8 Ways to Combat Elderly Depression (#6 Will Surprise You) Depression among the elderly is not uncommon. In fact‚ WebMD states that late-life depression affects about six million Americans age 65 and older. But only 10% receive treatment for depression. One of the core problems with elderly depression is the illness goes untreated because depression symptoms manifest differently for the elderly. Anxiety and depression is often confused with other symptoms. This stems from medications and illness
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There are many sex offender rehabilitations program for sex offenders in hopes that they will help sexual offenders change their way of thinking. Everyone has their own opinions in whether these programs really do help the offender’s way of thinking. It has also caused a negative effect in today’s society emotional response to these crimes. However‚ the emotions that some people might have about the subject shouldn’t be used to condemn sex offenders as monsters or look up in disgust‚ but help them
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lifetime monitoring of some convicted sex offenders are not sensible public safety measures. By applying the Rule Utilitarian ethical theory‚ the moral rule would be: all sex offenders should be monitored for life. If this rule was actualized‚ overall happiness would not increase‚ which means the benefits would not outweigh the harms. The harms would be the privacy intrusion done to the sex offenders and increase of risk of re-offense. If the convicted sex offenders were monitored for life‚ the police
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Should Convicted Sex Offenders Names be Made Public? University of Phoenix Jessica Folds COM 172 August 23‚ 2010 Dr. Fenton Dixon Should Convicted Sex Offender’s Names be Made Public? American’s encompass diverse opinions on whether a convicted sex offender’s name should be made public. “Although passionately espoused arguments exist on all sides of the issue‚ very little academic or policy research has been conducted on the actual positive and negative effects of Internet
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hearing problem and could not communicate in the first languageproperly‚ so the non-verbal communication plays a role. Caris-Verhallen et al (1999‚ p.809) state that the non-verbal communication becomes important whencommunicating with the elderly people who develop a hearing problem. Hollman et al (2005‚ p31) suggests some effective ways to maximize the communication 5 with hearing impairment people such as always gains the person’s attentionbefore speaking‚ visible
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Assess the role discretion plays in the sentencing and punishment of offenders. Sentencing and punishment has actively involved the discretion of judges and magistrates in affecting the decision of the sentencing. Discretion involves the power of Judges and magistrates to determine the most appropriate sentence for a case. Allowing judicial officers to decide sentences on a case by case basis and thus permitting them to take into account the various circumstances. Many factors influence the role
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Assess the care for sentencing mentally disordered offenders to prison rather than a forensic psychiatric hospital setting. The 19th Century saw many efforts to remove mentally ill offenders from the prison system. Bethlam Hospital in London opened a new wing for the criminal offenders who were diagnosed with a mental illness. Shortly after‚ Broadmoor hospital was opened. However‚ this did not end the detention of the mentally ill offenders in prison; although more special provision was being
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in-depth interviews on the perspectives of elderly persons were held with 4 participants aged above 60‚ recruited from a community medical center. Results All respondents rated themselves as ageing successful. Five themes were identified: Good health and ability of self-care‚ good family relationship and being cared for‚ feeling of contentment‚ economic security‚ and social activities. This reflected the multi-dimensional perspective in local elderly people. Conclusions A life span perspective
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