Category: Punishment

On the evening of January 29, 2017, 6 men lost their lives and another 19 sustained life-threatening injuries moments after concluding their evening prayers at the Islamic Cultural Centre in Quebec City, Canada. This tragedy was a consequence of a violent terrorist attack whereby Alexandre Bissonnette, a well-educated man in his late twenties of who…

Punishment is a legal process and complex phenomenon, shaped by social and historical forces which has a range of effects that reach beyond the population of offenders. Punishment ensures that we are protected from criminals and they pay for their consequences, as Garland states, punishment is a process whereby violators of the criminal law are…

Abstract This essay is about how to best justify punishment. I will explain and review a few different theories on punishment and then evaluate them, revealing which I think is the best (or most morally justified). Consequentialist punishments usually issue a great benefit to the majority of people involved, because of its potential to develop…

To what extent can retributivist and consequentialist punishment philosophies, in conjunction with key sociological perspectives on the role and function of punishment be used to justify the use of the death penalty? Capital punishment is the government-sanctioned practice whereby an offender is legally executed by the state as punishment for a crime. Its usage dates…

Analytic Essay In this paper, the following will focus on the topic of punishment and social production with a specific focus on management, control, and place. The first section of this essay will address ways in which punishment creates social order not only for those labeled as offenders, but society as a whole. The second…

Utopianism is the conventional label for a variety of different approaches to dreaming or thinking about, describing, or trying to create a greater society. Utopianism is derived from the phrase utopia, coined by the usage of Thomas More. In his e ebook Utopia (1516) More described a society significantly higher than England as it existed…