2006-06-28 11:33:07 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Punishment is used to teach someone that what they have done is wrong. There are all types of punishments and you just have to figure out which one works best for which person. If someone does something wrong to you and they get punished for it and that teaches them to not repeat the bad behavior, then the lesson was learned and everyone is better off.
2006-06-28 11:40:38 · answer #1 · answered by nana4dakids 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Punishment can be used for several purposes.
Traditionally, in the US, punishment has been used as a form of deterrance. (i.e. someone commits a crime and gets sentenced to 20 years, the public see's this and the cost of the crime [the jailing] outweighs the benefit of the crime, which hopefully deters criminals to commit that same crime)
There is General deterrance and specific deterrance. General detterance is following a chart of crimes and punishments. By this I mean there is determinant sentencing for each crime, no questions asked.
Specific sentencing is where the prosecution individualized each criminal. By this I mean that the person recieved indeterminate sentencing or perhaps makes a plea bargain.
The US is becoming more and more recognized for using both methods of punishment.
2006-06-28 12:53:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Punishment doesn't work on animals or children. It doesn't work on adults, either. It just makes the punisher feel like they are more important and more powerful than the punishee. Punishment, particularly by the government, exists because of a hierarchical power structure in societies where morality is more important than protecting the innocent from the abusive.
2006-06-28 12:26:49 · answer #3 · answered by correrafan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The purpose of punishment is to give a governing body an effective way to enforce rules it has created.
2006-06-28 11:41:42 · answer #4 · answered by Sasquatch 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To teach you a lesson, discipline you- this is the message a punishment is basically trying to say "Never do what got you to be punished in the first place again!".
2006-06-28 11:40:36 · answer #5 · answered by arabian_hottie_16 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To learn from your mistake, so you won't do it again.
Example: You lie, so your parents ground you. They don't want you to lie so that they can trust you, and so when you get older others can trust you. So punishment is a way to keep you from doing something you aren't supposed to.
2006-06-28 11:37:41 · answer #6 · answered by Lisa N 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the first law of Physics - every action has an equal and opposite reaction
2006-06-28 11:47:53 · answer #7 · answered by Guru BoB 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It should be to stop you doing it, rather than re-habilitation. If someone tries to educate you, it does not always sink in, or get believed. If you got a belt everytime you did something, you would stop after a while.
2006-06-28 11:37:55 · answer #8 · answered by spiegy2000 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To teach the conductor of the crime a lesson.
It hardly ever really works though...
2006-06-28 19:56:49 · answer #9 · answered by omgspats 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To deter crime and to generate revenue for the local government.
2006-06-28 11:46:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋