Should Public Humiliation Be Used As A Form Of Punishment?
Embarrassment seems to play an important role in people's moral sense - more often than not, they "do the right thing" so as not to experience shame in front of people they know. In today's society, however, it is easier to remain anonymous and to "do the wrong thing" without having to experience shame. Is humiliating someone a fair response to this or counterproductive?
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as long as it is accurate and can be substantiated, then i think it would be a viable tool in prevention as others would not the public exposure.
i am sure that the ACLU would sue for a plethora of reason so i doubt it would be used very often.
we had a local man who video taped 'johns' visiting prostitutes. the local news did a spot on that and it really slowed them down, or they just went more underground.
your dumb. So is that judge in Ohio that made a man dress up in a chicken suit for soliciting sex. Every man solicits sex.
Humiliation is a powerful training tool. I agree, a bit of humiliation would be a powerful deterrent. You know, public caning, maybe a brand on the forehead, a scarlet letter on one's dress...
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No, but it should be used as a form of amusement.
"Embarrassment" is considered a taboo punishment for liberals. They would call is 'cruel and unusual'.
Never forget the famous liberal quote, "I'd rather look good and lose than look bad and win."
You see, looking bad is one of the worst things in a liberal's life. To some liberals, looking bad or getting embarrassed is worse than death.
That being the case, using "embarrassment" as a punishment could be viewed a eccessive punishment.
Fairly certain the Supreme Court would say it was "cruel and unusual" punishment. Some miscreants would find the public exposure rewarding even though it was supposed to humiliate. Would a humiliated person try very hard to find a way to get even? In some portions of society incarceration itself is considered humiliating, in others it is a badge of honor. Answer to "should..." question: I don't think so, but willing to listen to arguments otherwise.
The army of many nations uses it all the time but instead of building stronger men it makes them resentful of their counterparts !
Good question! I think it is a good punishment, as social pressure can be more powerful than anything. Shame is the key to the answer. I have generally observed that psychologically, being embarrassed or feeling ashamed is a greater deterrent than regular punishments. Although, it might prove to be an unconstitutional form of punishment to be carried out officially: the constitution prevents "cruel and unusual punishment."
why not? in fact i am all for public canings, for many minor offenses. if you do it when the child is young enough to change their ways, but old enough to understand what they did wrong, you can really make a difference in their later life. we do have to add education along with punishment as well though. we have to stop coddling criminals at an early age. children need rules, boundaries and limitations when it comes to behavior. if they do something wrong, they need to have a proper consequence, otherwise they feel that they have gotten away with something, and will push the boundries further and further until such time as they end up committing a major felony, and then are put in prison. at that point they are pretty much lost. adults are the same way.
properly done , and to the right degree ,this would be a great parental tool,,
now ,,how do we train the parents,,
it is a generation thing or two,, but it could work
the correct guidance given to a child would lessen all the problems we have now in the great society
1- there are laws that will be observed
2- you will be responsible for your actions
3-nothing in life is free,,not even the air we breath
4-the FAIR comes once a year, and if you behave ,,we mite go ,,,,, wait mites are on chicken asses...if you screw up we definitely will not go
5-all life is ,,is a series of choices, you eventually will make your own choices ,you will reap the rewards or you will pay the consequences --learn to make the right choices
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I think the punishment should fit the crime. Murder deserves the death penalty. Rape deserves castration, Theft deserves a public whipping. The problem with the system is that when you lock a person up for a crime, that person now receives a place to live, a place to sleep, eat bath, learn and all they had to give up was freedom to choose when they would do those things. They become better criminals.
Yeah I know theres a lot of complications to this, And people will say my ideas are brutal, but if you whipped a man in the street for theft, there would be a lot less theft. People would learn that if they get caught this is what they will get, not free room and board at the expense of taxpayers.
What do you propose, that we should put people in stocks out on a streetcorner or make them wear a shirt in public (or put a license plate on their car) that says "I am a convicted shoplifter, wifebeater, mugger, druggie, child molester, etc."? Among other problems, it would increase the likelihood of them getting assaulted by people looking for a fight or having their property vandalized, and one of the main points of punishment is to get offenders to stay OUT of trouble.
I suppose humiliation might be effective for minor crimes committed by young offenders who still have a sense of shame and may have committed a crime out of impulse and stupidity alone, but older hardened offenders and professional criminals who steal for profits or drugs are too set in their ways to give a damn what a bunch of strangers think about them and wouldn't likely be fazed by any "scarlet letter" type punishment.
Besides, people in communities today (especially in urban areas) are just not nearly as close-knit, gossipy, and sanctimonious as they were centuries ago. The anonymity we have in today's society comes from the fact that more people nowadays believe in minding their own business and have little interest in what other strangers do unless it directly affects them personally. And thanks to the way the U.S. legal system has become such a big business, almost every person these days knows either a friend or a family member who's been in some kind of trouble with the law, so seeing somebody in public marked as a criminal wouldn't be such a big deal. If you embarrass somebody in public one day, everybody will just forget about him the next. Not much deterrent there for any real criminal.
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