Introduction In this essay we will be reviewing five provisions of punishment in regards to criminal law. Each provision has a section to understand research and an ethical stance of the writer. The provisions are mandatory life terms for crime involving a weapon, electronic corporal punishment for violent crimes, five-year prison sentences for driving while intoxicated, public executions, and probation to be replaced by fines and incarceration. The stance of the essay is to respond as if the writer will vote for each provision to be added to criminal law.
Punishment
Before we review suggested methods of punishment, we must understand the concept of criminal punishment. What is the purpose of punishment? Punishment provided an approved …show more content…
A dictionary describes this as physical punishment, such as flogging, inflicted on the body of one convicted of a crime (Dictionary.com, 2016). In this provision, the use of electrical shock is in question to be added to personal violent crimes. I do not believe electrical shock would result in the decrease of personal violent crimes, thus it is not an effective method to myself. As stated above, I believe the crime must match the punishment. Some countries in the world are not like this and are effective in controlling the actions of their population. In a popular historical incident involving an American and crimes in Singapore. The America was convicted of vandalizing personal property and was caned by Singapore police (The New York Times, 1994). Caning is an authorized form of corporal punishment utilized by the country for a sentence of over thirty crimes (blay442, 2009). Though I do not agree with the use of corporal punishment, there are positives to the use. It would solve over population and funding concerns in our prisons, discussed …show more content…
Each provision has a section to understand research and an ethical stance of the writer. The provisions are mandatory life terms for crime involving a weapon, electronic corporal punishment for violent crimes, five-year prison sentences for driving while intoxicated, public executions, and probation to be replaced by fines and incarceration. The stance of the essay is to respond as if the writer will vote for each provision to be added to criminal law. Each provision above has examples for the ethical choice supported by the writer. Many of the provisions pose a greater problem to the court system besides the ethical decisions to conduct said
Punishment
Before we review suggested methods of punishment, we must understand the concept of criminal punishment. What is the purpose of punishment? Punishment provided an approved …show more content…
A dictionary describes this as physical punishment, such as flogging, inflicted on the body of one convicted of a crime (Dictionary.com, 2016). In this provision, the use of electrical shock is in question to be added to personal violent crimes. I do not believe electrical shock would result in the decrease of personal violent crimes, thus it is not an effective method to myself. As stated above, I believe the crime must match the punishment. Some countries in the world are not like this and are effective in controlling the actions of their population. In a popular historical incident involving an American and crimes in Singapore. The America was convicted of vandalizing personal property and was caned by Singapore police (The New York Times, 1994). Caning is an authorized form of corporal punishment utilized by the country for a sentence of over thirty crimes (blay442, 2009). Though I do not agree with the use of corporal punishment, there are positives to the use. It would solve over population and funding concerns in our prisons, discussed …show more content…
Each provision has a section to understand research and an ethical stance of the writer. The provisions are mandatory life terms for crime involving a weapon, electronic corporal punishment for violent crimes, five-year prison sentences for driving while intoxicated, public executions, and probation to be replaced by fines and incarceration. The stance of the essay is to respond as if the writer will vote for each provision to be added to criminal law. Each provision above has examples for the ethical choice supported by the writer. Many of the provisions pose a greater problem to the court system besides the ethical decisions to conduct said