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    Retributive Justice in Agamemnon and The Sailor who fell from Grace with the Sea The concept of retributivist justice is best understood as the form of justice ruling that “those who commit certain kinds of wrongful acts, paradigmatically serious crimes, morally deserve to suffer a proportionate punishment” (Walen, 2016). In Aeschylus’s Agamemnon and Yukio Mishima’s The Sailor who fell from Grace with the Sea, the concept of retributive justice influences the emotions and actions of the characters, as well as directs the course of each plot. However, retributive justice takes different forms in each of the works, which makes each differ in their portrayal of justice. To compare retributive justice in both works, one must ask: 1. Why punish?…

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    Retributive justice: Retributive justice can be defined as; A theory of justice which involves the punishment of wrong things is known as retributive justice. If someone is giving you pain, then you have to return the same quality and quantity of pain to that person. Retributive justice are concerned with correcting wrong. Retributive is the just response to criminal acts, such as assault or theft. A theory which holds the best response to a crime is an immediate punishment. In this type of…

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    government or another higher power, and uses a set group of rules in order to discipline offenders (Morrison, 2016). The Canadian justice system finds its basis in the idea of the deterrence theory, or the rational choice theory. The principles of the retributive justice system is based heavily on the rational choice theory. The rational choice theory (Clarke & Cornish, 2001) is based on the belief that human beings freely choose their actions based on a pursuit of merit and an avoidance of…

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    Characterisation and language features concerning the values of retributive justice, power, and integrity are used by Saville in Felony (2014) to comment on the idea of telling truths and issues of self-reproach and social justice. Carl and Julie’s differing truths on guilt and punishment, as articulated through their depiction and verbal expression, are placed in opposition to the value of retributive justice by Saville. The characterisation of Ankhila as marginalised and her dialogue with Jim…

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    students at a rate three times greater than white students? What level of insanity is that? Retributive justice and restorative justice are classified as ways of solving conflicts in distinct ways. Restorative justice empowers students to resolve conflicts on their own and in small groups. Essentially, the idea is to bring students together in intimate groups to talk, ask questions, and air their grievances. In contrast, retributive justice is a theory of justice that considers punishments, if…

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    We all have similar and contrasting views on justice, what it is, when it is needed on our side, and how it can be achieved. These views, however, may conflict with each other. Some of us may accept certain circumstances as a part of our daily life, such as the female, while others may argue against them and raise their pitchforks and torches blazing brightly comparable to their righteousness. In the latter scenario, to what extent should we let that righteousness control our actions before we…

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    Restorative justice was once a dominant model of criminal justice worldwide (Braithwaite, 1999). The move away from restorative justice occurred during the Middle Ages when communities shifted from Acephallus (headless societies) to ‘States’, therefore shifting the responsibility for punishment and harm reparation from victims to the state (Gavrielides, 2011). This introduced the idea of retributive justice. Retributive justice refers to the idea that punishment is imposed on the wrong doer…

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    Kathleen Daily move to tell the Real Story by analyzing four myths that are feature in advocates stories and claims. Myth (1) Restorative Justice is the opposite of retroactive justice, restorative justice focuses on repairing the harm caused by crime; retributive justice focuses on punishing an offence. Restorative Justice assumes the community members or organizations take a more active role, whereas retributive justice is the community which is represented by the state. Myth (2) Restorative…

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    This paper describes two aspects of criminal justice; Retributive punishment and vengeance. It takes a position on the important one between the forms of punishment. It further highlights the issue of money devotion when it comes to punishment and rehabilitation. The arguments are put in line with that of Kleinig’s discussion in re-entry. Question one. Retributive punishment argues that the act of punishing should be imposed for crimes committed in the past. The same should be in line with the…

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    They wanted to come up with a way to give harsher punishments to those that broke the law. So, they came up with the idea of retributive justice. Retributive justice came from the notion that we needed to be tough on crime, particularly tough on drugs. Laws needed to be “toughened up”, or so people thought. This led to the apprehension and incarceration of more individuals, as well as the more frequent use of execution. Some states do not have the death penalty, and so the solution for this was…

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