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Showing 1 to 20 of 97 for “"punishments"”.
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Peoples opinion on the punishments in the Icelandic Criminal Justice system
Criminal behaviour is said to be a learned behaviour and punishment is said to be most effective if presented immediately after the behaviour occurs. Studies have shown that recidivism rate it lower among those who have served their sentence with electronic monitoring (EM) or community service …
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Race, Gender, and County Context in Support for Harsh Punishments across the U.S.
In this paper, I use data from the General Social Survey, F.B.I. Uniform Crime Reporting Statistics, the U.S. Census Bureau, and other sources to consider differences in attitudes about punishment among blacks and whites, and men and women, as well as how these differences vary according to three …
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'Wanton and torturing punishments' : patterns of discipline and punishment in the Royal Navy, 1783-1815
… forced to endure atrocious conditions and brutal punishments. In recent years this accusation has been challenged, and it has been argued, instead, that the punishment regime, in particular, was consonant with the criminal justice system ashore. This thesis is a contribution to the debate, …
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The effects of the use of Punishments as School management Tool on Secondary School Students Behaviours.
… probed into the effects of the use of school punishments as management tool on secondary school students’ behaviours. The study examined the types of punishments used in secondary schools, types of misbehaviours as well as types of punishments given against misbehaviours. The study also …
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The Prohibition of Successive Prosecutions and Multiple Punishments for the Same Offense : in Search of Standards. Volume 1.
The purpose of the thesis is to formulate a definition of the protection offered by state and federal law against double jeopardy for the "same offense." The thesis first examines the history and purpose of the double jeopardy concept. It next analyzes the Supreme Court double jeopardy clause …
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The Prohibition of Successive Prosecutions and Multiple Punishments for the Same Offense : in Search of Standards. Volume 2.
The purpose of the thesis is to formulate a definition of the protection offered by state and federal law against double jeopardy for the "same offense." The thesis first examines the history and purpose of the double jeopardy concept. It next analyzes the Supreme Court double jeopardy clause …
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The Effectiveness of Corporal Punishment on Eradicating Truancy in Secondary Schools: A case.of Community Secondary Schools in Magu District
… Secondly was to identify types of corporal punishments commonly applied in community secondary schools in the study area, and the last was to establish a relationship between corporal punishments and increased truancy in community secondary schools. Methods used to collect data were …
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The Effectiveness of Corporal Punishment on Eradicating Truancy in Secondary Schools: A case.of Community Secondary Schools in Magu District
… Secondly was to identify types of corporal punishments commonly applied in community secondary schools in the study area, and the last was to establish a relationship between corporal punishments and increased truancy in community secondary schools. Methods used to collect data were …
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The effects of Corporal Punishment on Discipline among Students in Arusha Secondary Schools
Corporal and Non Corporal Punishments are used in schools as a major means of controlling students’ discipline. Although the government has made clear policy Regulation Act Number 24 of 2002 that state how punishments should be administered to students as corporal punishments should not exceeding …
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Psychopathic traits, vengeance, and motivations to punish in criminal scenarios
… has been associated with more retributive punishments and increased support for capital punishment (McKee & Feather, 2008). Therefore it is unclear if those higher in psychopathy would punish more retributively than those lower in these traits. I examined the relationship between …
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Justifying Another’s Suppressed Prejudice: Racist Speech and Freedom of Expression
… unacceptable to express, and people meet harsh punishments for expressing it. A common theme in the news and on social media in response to these punishments is that they violate the expresser’s right to freedom of speech. Seven studies investigate my hypothesis that freedom of speech can be …
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Court Actor Decision-Making: The Influence of Victim Characteristics on Legal Outcomes in Cases of Bias Homicide
… in America have passed laws permitting harsher punishments for those convicted of hate (or bias) crimes, there has been no research to date on the adjudication of these defendants, including how legal and extralegal attributes of bias crime shape prosecutorial and judicial decision-making. This …
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Rules of Disorder: A Comparative Study of Student Discipline
… despite facing an elaborate system of rules, punishments, and staff dedicated to discipline, students at a New York school were three times more likely to be unruly compared with students in a similar school in Athens, where only teaching staff managed behavior, and formal rules and …
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Under the Influence: Adolescent Girls' Compliance in Competitive Softball.
… participate in athletics through incentives and punishments. This thesis also examines the cultural assumptions about work that organized sports introduce to female athletes. Furthermore, the study discusses how parents and competitive sports organizations perpetuate the existence of male …
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Maternal Employment: Investigating the Links Among Family and Job Characteristics, Emotional States, Social Supports, and Child Rearing Practices
… practices (e.g., relying on rewards and physical punishments).
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Accountability in human resources systems: The impression management and performance-directed functions of goal-setting in the performance evaluation process
… management events when there are rewards or punishments associated with the evaluation outcome. Additionally, goal setting is often used in conjunction with performance evaluations, with the intention of continual development.
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Psychophysiological Markers of Cognitive Reactions to Depictions of Corporal Punishment
… response to viewing depictions of various punishments being implemented. Results of this study found that while participants reacted differently, autonomically and cognitively, to photo conditions, these differences were unrelated to other anticipated moderators such as tendency to …
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Juvenile Justice Sentencing: Are There Alternatives?
… juvenile justice reforms to enact harsher punishments, to transfer greater numbers and younger juvenile offenders to adult criminal court, and to restrict discretion of the juvenile court judges. Social science studies have found that harsher punishments, transfers to adult criminal court …
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