...uncivilized. France and Germany have completely done away with death penalty and reported lesser crime rates. Many studys' conducted in US and some other countries where death penalty is still in force have proved that, it doesn';t have a deterrent effect on crime rate and more than death penalty, it's rigorous imprisonment for life that has more deterrent effect than death penalty. Incarceration for life proved to be more effective in preventing repetition of the same or other crimes by the same convicts than that of death penalty. In countries, where death penalty has been abolished less crime rates have been reported. Apart from incarceration for life, solitary confinement and shaming the person through social boycott etc are other options. For crimes of rape and acid attacks also, incarceration for life and the above two suggested alternatives could be considered as viable alternatives to death penalty in addition to confiscating the entire property of the criminal and paying it as compensation to their victims. Educating the guilty regarding the barbaric and heinous nature of their crimes and making them feel ashamed for their crimes and their crimes' lethal and traumatic impact on the minds, limbs and lives of their victims through reformist approach and making them truly repentant for the heinous crimes...
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...terrible acts were caused by others doing it harm; the monster is morally ambiguous, which prevents it from being labeled as either fully good-hearted or evil, and lets the reader pick whether or not it is an inherently good creature turned bad by the circumstances. The monster is morally ambiguous in the sense that while it does commit terrible crimes, it is actually a kind creature that only truly desires love from a family. Unfortunately for the monster, Victor Frankenstein rejected it as kin. The monster tells his creator that, “All men hate the wretched; how then, must I be hated, who am miserable beyond all living things! Yet you, my creator, detest and spurn me, thy creature, to whom thou art bound by ties only dissoluble by the annihilation of one of us” (Shelley 83). Even though the monster has good intentions of making friends with the townsfolk, his kindness is often met with malice. The creature does not like hurting the people he so desperately wants to befriend, but the reaction it gets from Victor is enough to spur the violence. The monster is willing to compromise its kind...
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...race of people. I feel the KKK from it’s beginning to the present preaches violence and hatred. This is a group that doesn’t believe that another race should have any civil or human rights now in the 21st century and have caused tough race relations within our society. The Klan has even committed murder at times to use as a display of power and control, together at meetings often dressed up in their white robes to be intimidating to others. Blacks have won the struggle for freedom from slavery, but now face a new struggle against racism and terrorism from the KKK. The number of incidents involving the Klan has since tapered off from the late 1960’s, but it still hasn’t vanished. I’ll address the beginning of the KKK along with hate crimes, effect of human relations and examples of violence used from past and present. It will be clear that the KKK organization is a terrorist activity no different from other known terrorist groups today. “Around 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee a group of Confederate Army Veteran’s formed a social club led by Nathan Bedford Forrest”. http://www.geocities.com/__izzy__/Dengue/kkk/history.htm This social club was known as the Ku Klux Klan and they believed in a philosophy of white superiority, they exercised violence against blacks as ways to deter them from exercising any rights in voting elections. The Klan threatened blacks...
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...Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male. The study, which James Jones has described as the longest nontherapeutic experiment on a human being in medical history. Unethical Research “Deception occurs when the participants are told only part of the truth or when the truth is fully compromised”. (Cooper, 2011) The unethical study was also deemed unconstitutional and in some ways as heinous as a hate crime. The misrepresentation of the actual focus of the program, the disregard of human life, and the actual infecting of human beings. We must also realize that this experiment took place in the rural south when segregation was an acceptable way of life. The fact that blacks were considered not equal so nobody would question the experiments validity or the intentions of the doctors in charge of the research. The men participating were misled by doctors by saying they were being treated for bad blood a general diagnosis given by doctors that could include a variety of common illness. The men were given free funerals, meals, and examinations. These examinations were not treating the disease but were deceptive in nature. Some speculate that the men were actually infected with the disease by the study administrators. “Like many other examples of unethical research, the study reveals how government officials deceive, how methods to protect human beings fail, and how research exploits human beings.” (Jecker, 2003) The study was intended to last one half year and was on-going for 40. These men...
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...Human Trafficking Modern-day Slavery When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, “Woman, you are set free from your infirmity”. - Luke 13:12 There are more slaves in the world today than at any time in history. Human trafficking has quickly become a problem the entire world is faced with and there are no countries that are immune to this rapidly growing crisis. Human trafficking is the second largest illegal industry globally, behind the drug trade. The main contributors for human trafficking are governmental corruption, economic, and social crisis within each nation’s borders. In this report, I will cover the definition of human trafficking, some statistics gathered over the years, and what is being done to prevent human trafficking. Human trafficking is defined as the illegal trade in human beings for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation or force labor and is considered as the modern day form of slavery. Human trafficking is an umbrella term used to describe all forms of modern-day slavery. These forms include, but not limited to forced labor, bonded labor, sex trafficking, child labor, and child soldiers. Forced labor makes up the majority of human trafficking in the world. The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that for every trafficking victim subjected to forced prostitution, nine people are forced to work. Forced labor is also known as involuntary servitude. Immigrants are particularly vulnerable...
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...is not a new phenomenon; it dates back to the 1800’s. The man credited with being the first serial killer in the United States was Herman Mudgett, a.k.a. Dr. Henry H. Holmes. Holmes did most of his killing in Illinois in the disguise of a pharmacist and is credited with 133 murders. About the same time, serial killing was also occurring in London by a man known as Jack the Ripper. Ripper’s killing started in 1888 and was never caught for the heinous murders of five prostitutes. What can cause certain people to commit such murderous acts perpetrated against other human beings? Is it just pure evil or is it some kind of a mental illness? The jury is still out on that, but some serial killers are diagnosed with a mental illness. Serial killing is not something new but has been researched more over the last few years. Douglas & Olshaker , authors of Mindhunter, state that many of the stories told years ago about vampires and werewolves could have been the results of serial killers(1995, 18). Douglas & Olshaker further state that the crimes could have been so sadistic that people thought such acts could only be committed by monsters or non-human beings (1995, 18). It is of importance to also note that serial killing differs from other forms of killing. Some of the other forms include: mass murdering, spree killing, and murders resulting from rage or passion. Serial killing usually involves more planning and careful execution; thus, making it difficult to catch the offenders....
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...behavior can cognitive therapy, community activities, remodeling, public education really help grant a group immunity to committing violent acts? Gary’s experiment certainly proves it by reducing the rates of shootings and killings by significant margins multiple times but can violence such as gun violence and homicides ever be preventable through cognitive therapy, or is violence so deeply ingrained into our DNA that we as animals commit or is it a product of our societies culture, which views beneficial acts of violence as nonviolence and acts of heroism. Robert Sapolsky a neuroscientist, talks about the ideology of violent acts and its perception and probable causation and its long embedded social construct used by those in power to instill hate. Thus, causing many to commit many forms...
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...The Human Nature of Popular Culture Murderers, rapists, thieves, prostitutes, we hear their sickening stories in the news every day. We condemn them, despise them, ridicule them, and even at times, wish to hurt them ourselves. Yet, in many popular books, movies, and songs, we cannot help but admire, sympathize, and forgive these criminals. The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht and Perfume, The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind are two great examples of this psychological phenomenon. Both texts reveal the cultural environment on one hand and human nature on the other as stimuli feeding the internal drives of these monsters. In The Threepenny Opera, the main protagonist, Mac the Knife, is introduced as a murderer, rapist, and arsonist. The opening scenes of Perfume begin with the explosive cheers of a filled stadium awaiting the death sentence of Jean- Baptiste Grenouille. Yet, upon further inspection, both characters emerge as charmingly crafty masterminds that win the love and affection of those around them. Similarly, as readers and viewers, we too find ourselves drawn to these characters, as did Brecht’s audiences and Suskind’s readers in the twentieth century. Brecht and Suskind created this mass appeal through their deranged miscreants who personified human nature and related them to our everyday lives. Just as Mac the Knife and Grenouille searched for their ultimate pleasures, so would human beings if they could get away with doing whatever it takes. Both texts emphasize...
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...enriching himself or themselves at the expense and to the damage of the Filipino people and the republic of the Philippines through any or combination or a series of overt or criminal acts, or similar schemes or means. Respectively or a total of more or less (P1,847,578,057.50); and by collecting or receiving, directly or indirectly, by himself and/or in connivance with John Does & Jane Does, commissions or percentages by reason of said purchases of shares of stock in the amount of P189,700,000.00 more or less, from Belle Corporation which became part of the Deposit in the equitable Bank under the account name of ‘Jose Velarde’. Petitioner wishes to impress upon the constitutionality of RA 7080 (An Act Defining and Penalizing the Crime of Plunder), as amended by RA 7659. He therefore makes a stringent call for this Court to subject the Plunder Law to the crucible of constitutionality mainly because, according to him, (a) it suffers from the vice of vagueness; (b) it dispenses with the "reasonable doubt" standard in criminal prosecutions; and, (c) it...
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...Quotes in chronological order 1. Dearest partner in greatness 2. Human kindness 3. Unsex me here 4. Make thick my blood 5. To beguile the time 6. Face my thane is a book 7. Night’s great business into my dispatch 8. Out damned spot! William Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’ and John Steinbeck’s ‘Of Mice and Men’ written in the 17th and 20th century, separated by hundreds of years of development and change within the world, both reflect the ideologies, treatment and representations of women in their respective eras. The principal feminine representatives are Lady Macbeth and Curley’s wife who throughout both texts demonstrate similarities and differences in their portrayal of their relationships with their male counterpart, the description of their tragic deaths and the conventional role of men and women and how they fit or break the stereotype. In this essay, I will refer to the aforementioned depictions, analysing the techniques the writers use to create their characters, and how a Jacobean audience, one during the Great Depression of the 1930s and a modern audience would react. Rather than supporting her husband in a subservient manner, Shakespeare makes Lady Macbeth the ruthless mastermind of a fiendish, venal and daring enterprise aimed to ensure her husband would ‘catch the nearest way’. In Act 1 Scene 5, when attempting to convince Macbeth to commit this necessary deed, she utters the heartless words ‘you shall put this night's great business...
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...Hindu, a Sikh, a Catholic, or, indeed, a member of any faith (776).” Another example of unfair assumption that is portrayed is in George Orwell’s, “Shooting an Elephant,” for in his essay he was a white British police officer that was hated by the Burmese people, because of the British rule over Burma, and the assumption that white people are violent and hateful. In addition, because of the British rule the Burmese people assumed that all British officers and British were alike due to their unfair ruling. In this essay the narrator George Orwell was assigned to go kill and what it seems to be an untamed Elephant, but due to his conscience he would feel resentment if he was to kill an Elephant, because of his non-violent and none hateful nature. Furthermore, he is in a situation where the people of Burma expect white man to do rampant, but on the contrary he does not feel that there is a need to kill the elephant. With this pressure that George Orwell felt and how he does not want to embarrass himself, he felt obligated to kill the elephant for he wanted to in a sense be accepted or at least someone liked by the Burmese people. Moreover, one of the ways in order to combat racism and oppression according to Mohandas K. Gandhi, “Satygraha”, which mean holding on to Truth and it, means, therefore,...
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...being harsh. Louisa May Alcott was a popular author who served on the very first library committee in Massachusetts, where The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was banned. She voted against this book from being sold, read or viewed. Criticizing Mark Twain saying that "Huck should not sweat. He should perspire." (Ruta1) Other libraries began removing their copies stating that it is inappropriate for children to read. The number of concerned citizens continue to debate on this subject today. Derogatory words are seen throughout this story in reference to showcase the difference between the two classes, white verses black. This book not only celebrates an unlikely friendship between these two races, it glorifies a lifestyle that favored hate in a predominately white culture. The forbidden words that entwine and flow throughout this book, scream a particular time and place that favored discrimination in the 1800’s. Also, its context was a clear realization that struggle and sacrifice is at the forefront between these classes. For years, this book was/is viewed as a...
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...faux pas, Steinbeck only goes to the trouble of fully justifying the actions of characters the reader is intended to sympathize with. There are vague attempts at providing context for the opposition, such as in chapter three, where he depicts the “Owner Man” attempting to explain himself, yet these justifications are hardly satisfying, and do little to convince the audience of the character’s innocence. However, Steinbeck does justify the actions of his named characters. Take the Joad family for example, Uncle John’s drunkenness is justified by his inescapable guilt, Granpa’s illegal burial by lack of funds, Ma’s insubordination by the demands of the circumstances, and Pa’s weakness by his nature as a man (Steinbeck 69, 139, 140, 352, 423). Steinbeck justifies even the family’s most heinous crimes, namely, the murders Tom commits. He is absolved on multiple occasions, such as in chapter 13, when Pa says, “When Tom here got in trouble we could hold up our heads. He only done what any man would do” or in chapter 26, when Ma says, “you done what you had to do. I can’t read no fault on you” (Steinbeck 139, 392). Steinbeck’s one-sided justifications significantly alter the way in which we perceive different groups of characters. The migrants seem above reproach, for whatever they do they do with good reason, while the owners appear constantly at fault for the troubles of others. Steinbeck’s third tactic to unite reader and character is to put his personalized characters through undeniable...
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...Contemporary Hate Crimes, Law Enforcement, and the Legacy of Racial Violence Ryan D. King University at Albany-SUNY Robert D. Baller University of Iowa This article investigates the association between past lynchings (1882 to 1930) and contemporary law enforcement responses to hate crimes in the United States. While prior research indicates a positive correlation between past levels of lynching and current social control practices against minority groups, we posit an inverse relationship for facets of social control that are protective of minorities. Specifically, we hypothesize that contemporary hate crime policing and prosecution will be less vigorous where lynching was more prevalent prior to 1930. Analyses show that levels of past lynching are associated with three outcome variables germane to hate crime policing and prosecution, but the effect of lynching is partly contingent on the presence of a minority group threat. That is, past lynching combined with a sizeable black population largely suppresses (1) police compliance with federal hate crime law, (2) police reports of hate crimes that target blacks, and in some analyses (3) the likelihood of prosecuting a hate crime case. Our findings have implications for research on law and intergroup conflict, historical continuity in the exercise of state social control, and theories that emphasize minority group threat. Steven F. Messner University at Albany-SUNY onflict theories of crime and criminal law posit that the...
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...Before evaluating the philosophy of determinism, a distinction between determinism, libertarianism, and compatibilism is necessary. Determinism is the philosophy that preceding events or natural laws, causally determine individual human actions, occurrences in nature, and social/psychological phenomena, thereby eliminating personal choice and control over one’s individual actions. The integration of deterministic philosophy is evident within both naturalistic and theistic worldviews. In an atheistic/naturalistic worldview, personal actions are simply consequences of chemical reactions within the human brain, resulting from the behavior of atoms, as affected by natural laws. In a theistic worldview, personal actions are a result of divine kismet, rather than personal choice. The Greek philosopher Leucippus best summarized this theory in the 5th century, stating, “Nothing occurs at random, but everything for a reason and by necessity.” In the deterministic model, personal choice is merely illusory. Libertarianism represents the antithesis of determinism, advocating the doctrine that personal agents (e.g. humans and God) possess free will (i.e. have the ability to make voluntary choices that correspond with their respective nature and circumstances). This means human beings possess the power of contrary choice—the capability to make choices contrary to the ones they ultimately make. Libertarianism is further dissimilar to determinism in that it is inherently theistic, as a naturalistic...
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