In order to better understand the nature of punishment, it is first necessary to examine its conceptual basis, and then consider the various theories that have been developed to morally justify society’s …

Kind, Firm Choices & Options Learn from mistakes & Struggles Better behavior ends the cycle Punishment... • Results in worse not better grades • Increases behavior problems • Decreases child’s …

Overview: Crime is a moral wrong that confers upon society a duty to punish and to set up institutions to facilitate punishment. The punishment, which must match the crime is an ipso facto (by its very …

CHAPTER FIVE: CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT By Gino L. Divito, Retired Justice, Illinois Appellate Court, Partner, Quinlan & Crisham, Ltd.; Chicago

In this module we will look at several theories of punishment in an attempt to answer questions such as: If a vice is a crime, then how should it be punished? What justifies punishment? What is the goal of …

According to Skinner’s definition, punishment is a procedure in which responses are followed by either (a) the removal of a positive reinforcer, or (b) the presentation of a negative reinforcer (or aversive …

Condign punishment then would have to match suffering to motive (desire, belief, etc.), not to dangerousness or to amount of harm done. Hence some petty larcenies would be punished more …