The Pros and Cons of Judicial Corporal Punishment

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Punishment, the word has brought fear to men and children alike, leaning towards adult offenders it tends to take on deeper connotations. As a child you would be punished by your parents, school leaders and other parental figures, and mostly under not so serious circumstances, usually requiring very little corporal punishment and/or separation from entertainment devices. As we get older the offenses tend to be greater and therefore demand greater punishment, despite having histories involving death sentences and hard labor, some methods have done little to deter some offenders. The question this raises of course, should we focus more on punishment or on rehabilitation, concentrating on punishment some would say stricter… while many will say we can’t be too strict. We have way of punishment that delves from corporal to separation, extremes that favor either or, and then extremes that bring them together. “Those in favor of Judicial Corporal Punishment argue that corporal punishment is a quick and effective method and less cruel than long-term imprisonment; adherents to this viewpoint think that corporal punishment should be re-considered in countries that have banned it as an alternative to imprisonment; some even want corporal punishment to replace fines for such minor offences as graffiti.” (K, 2013)
Most in favor would argue that long term imprisonment could greatly alter ones mental wellness, resulting in an almost brainwashed affect, someone who can no longer function as a productive member of society… which defies the point of imprisoning and changing a person to be more active in initiating a more productive lifestyle to begin with. As it stands, there are numerous reasons for and against this type or style of punishment w...

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...they are inside to help them understand and leave that life. I do not believe in abandoning corporal punishment, yet do I believe in one or the other, I believe that in order to save this country from a failing corrections system; we need to begin with what we named it, the ‘Corrections System’. We need to reinvent what it takes to correct this behavior, to reestablish punishments that stir the populace away from committing these acts in the first place and programs that help to correct after the fact.

Works Cited
K, C. (2013). http://chandrasekharank.hubpages.com/hub/Corporate-Punishment-Pros-Cons. Retrieved from http://chandrasekharank.hubpages.com.
Mathis, C. (2013, July 29). http://www.academia.edu/4172140/Punishment_Versus_Rehabilitation. Retrieved from http://www.academia.edu.
Robinson, G. C. (2009). Offender Rehabilitation : Theory, Research and Practice.

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