Extrajudicial punishment

Anticipating aggressiveness How understanding inter-group processes can help us anticipate and manage violence in prisons Violence within prisons is a serious problem we are facing now in this day and age. The number of riots in a prison have drastically increased since the 19** to *** and has severe consequences as it can lead to harm coming to many prisoners and guards also. It is through understanding inter-group processes that we can then understand why this level of violence within prisons…

Blood for Blood Retaliation While living in a corrupted world, it is hard to stay on the right side of the law. It is usually the justice system alongside the government that fails those it is supposed to protect. Living in a world where governments and society in general are corrupted, it is easy to lose sense of what is right or wrong, and sometimes it is necessary to take justice into one's own hands. Such is the case of Edmond Dantes in "The Count of Monte Cristo" and V in "V for…

Blame is to place responsibility or fault on another person. People resort to blame as a defence mechanism, because it can be easier to blame someone than take responsibility for their own actions. We also use blame to attack or to intentionally hurt one another. Blame is a large part of the play Romeo and Juliet, because no person wants to take responsibility for their actions of being a factor in Romeo and Juliet’s death so they start blaming other people out of their guilt. Blame gets…

Johnny and Dally, Different Characters With Similar Problems How can a character that is rough and mean and a character that is small and sensitive share some strong similarities? It seems unlikely that a tough hardened criminal would share have anything in common to a undersized kind child, but in The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton there are two characters that fit those descriptions. Johnny Cade and Dally Winston are similar because they both have neglectful and abusive parents and place little…

Punishment Foucault describes the shift in punishment as “to be enclosed, to be deprived of light and to and to hide.” The Panopticon is meant to keep the prisoner from causing more crime, by letting them think that they will always be watched by the person in the tower found in the center. The cells without the actual bars act like its own personal stage. Foucault mentions that the prisoner is always alone, never communicated with, and always being watched. The side walls are what keeps them…

Justice was balanced to the victims, the offender and society within the case R v Siale [2017] NSWSC. Justice was served for the victim as the offender received a lengthy sentence for the crime committed. The offender gained justice as he had a fair trial in the eyes of the court. Justice was also received for society as they maintain the safety of the community, but also the rehibition of the offender to become a better member of society. Justice was served for each party. For the offender, he…

The book “Just Mercy” by Bryan Stevenson is a book written by Stevenson himself following the harsh realities of police force today. This book talks about many different stories and many different outcomes, however the main storyline talks about Stevenson and the organization he created, The Equal Justice Initiative. The Equal Justice Initiative (or EJI) is a non-profit organization, that provides legal representation to prisoners who may have been wrongly convicted of crimes, poor prisoners…

Prisons are different all around the world. Entertainment. Medical Care and Living Conditions. Sentences. Therefore, Prisons are different all around the world. Prisons are different all around the world because Entertainment. Entertainment in Prisons in USA. Entertainment in Norway. Entertainment in Prison in North Korea. Therefore, Prisons are different all around the world because Entertainment. Prisons are different all around the world because Entertainment in Prisons in USA. Television,…

Budget cuts are affecting prisoners in many ways in the past few years. The ways that are showing dramatically are in educational programs, inmates safety, guards safety, tax payers, key programs, health care and population with overcrowding in many of these facilities. The health care insurance has been raised due to more inmates. Now with these many problems occurring in prisons are affected by the weak economy. Such as, prisoners are not getting fully educated with the low income of the…

4.1 Prison Gangs There is a challenge in the control and management of facilities where prison gangs operate. According to Sharon, prison gangs are groups of criminals that operate inside the prison system. Also, prison gangs are capable of perpetuating their criminal activities outside the confines of the prison. They normally act as a link between drug traffickers and street gangs. The membership to a prison gang is normally restrictive. Therefore, an oath to commit to the gang is taken…