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Summary Of: Punishment
punishment has a more restrictive and technical definition... punishment is the reduction of a behavior via a stimulus which is applied... The definition requires that punishment is only determined after the fact by the reduction in behavior... Punishment may also be applied on moral... In primitive society punishment was left to the individuals wronged or their families... The second stage was punishment by individuals under the control of the state... and the exaction of punishment by the wronged individual is illegal... Consequently corporal and even capital punishment occupy a far less prominent position... The result was the reduction of punishment both in quantity and in severity... Thus the retributive theory of punishment with its criterion of justice as an end in itself gives place to a theory... which regards punishment solely as a means to an end... A particularly harsh punishment is sometimes said to be... punishment is the presentation of a stimulus contingent on a response which results in a decrease... The effectiveness of punishment in suppressing the response depends on many factors... additional factors that increase the effectiveness of punishment include a verbal explanation of the reason for the punishment and a good relationship between... Punishment can be divided into Positive punishment... do not consider prison a sound punishment because most criminals are repeat offenders... Legality of these types of punishment varies from country to country... Some punishment includes work to reform and... Incapacitation is a justification of punishment that refers to when the offender... looking justification of punishment that views the future reductions in re... The castration of offenders is another punishment that can be justified by incapacitation... punishment may take the form of the offender... punishment in the form of fines and compensation payments may also be considered a sort of... an important reason for punishment is not only deterrence... Capital punishment in the United States... Punishment can be explained by positive prevention theory to use criminal justice system to teach people... Encyclodia Page On: Punishment
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