Crime maybe controlled by fear of punishment 4. Punishment that is severe, certain, and swift will stop crime They believed in fast punishment instead of long trials. One of the major parts of criminal punishment reform was for fair and equal treatment of accused offenders. Judges could punish criminals however they wanted to no matter how severe the crime. Mr. Beccaria and other members of the Classical School fought for punishment to be set by legislative instead of judges having all of the authority for punishment.
The Code of Hammurabi was a set code of rules that were enforced by King Hammurabi, the king of Babylon. These laws were meant to bring peace to a nation. The Code of Hammurabi is divided into 12 sections with 284 laws. There are many laws that reflect the same idea’s from the 12 tables, and there are some differences as well. Here are some of the laws from the Code of Hammurabi, you will notice that these laws are a lot more specific and sound a little more primitive than the 12 tables.
There is a moral difference between Shelton’s killing of his attackers and that of his other victims. Darby and Ames caused personal harm to Shelton and thus gave him the moral right to try and prevent any other future pain that could be caused by these men, but the other victims were combatants in the war that Shelton waged against the “system”. When looking at Darby and Ames, Shelton takes a more utilitarian approach when dealing with their killings. The government “system” is supposed to punish those who are wrong. But in the trial of Darby and Ames, only Ames was punished severely while Darby was allowed to go free.
Even though this may seem strict to some; the victim who endured the limb breaking would have to disagree. That is why there are laws such as those, they are sufficient and crucial. Although some laws are fair, there are plenty in the code that are not. Such as law number 230, “If it is the owner’s son that is killed, the builder’s son shall be put to death.” Which merely means, “If a house falls on the owner’s son the house builder’s son will be put to death.” This is absolutely wrong in everyway. It is not the son’s fault the house has fallen down.
But in contrast there are very different at the same time. The crime control model is used in the criminal justice system for the prevention of crime. The crime control does not exclude that is possible to make a mistake, but based on the circumstances of the laws, the person is considered guilty until her or she is proven innocent. This model is based on old fashion laws which allow rapid and speedy convictions despite the mitigating factors of the case and the victim. The results, of the crime control model are wrongful convictions, being over-turned and this is a major downfall in the criminal justice system.
Raymond Patricio Mr. Crosby English 1 3 May. 2010 Retribution in Elizabethan England “Those who break the sceptres of the law deserve no pity.” (Queen Elizabeth 1st). “There was many ruling monarchs during the Elizabethan period, and the majority of them strictly believed in extreme punishment for crime in order to run a peaceful country or town etc.” (Elgin 27). Extreme punishment was believed to keep order in a country because they thought that if punishment was horrific people wouldn’t commit the crimes they would want because they knew how the consequences would result in. Elizabethan England was split into two classes- The Upper Class, the nobility and courtiers, and everyone else.
• Social Control theories attribute crime and delinquency to family structures, education, peer groups etc. • Theorists share a conviction that deviant behavior is expected. • “Why people obey rules” main thing trying to be proven • Critical component of all social control theories is their attempt to explain factors keeping people from committing crimes. Social Heritage • Cynicism of the United States because of Watergate • Conservatism enhanced popularity of control theories, theories themselves not inheritantly conservative. Intellectual Heritage • Connection with strain theories.
It was a very unfortunate accident where everything that could go wrong went wrong and it ended up with a dead officer and a criminal that got to walk away with no punishment at all. However, in order to have a solution to this situation the police officers should have in my option the ethics of virtue. Ethics of virtue really focuses on character and doing the right thing. In saying that, if the police officers would have had ethics of virtue and been honest they would have gotten a legitimate warrant and even though it might not of saved the detectives life it would have put the drug dealer and killer in jail for a really long time and off the streets of
Hammurabi made the laws to keep together his kingdom but what he did had such an importance on law making today. Hammurabi's laws are evident in our present day society because his method of thought and morals set the precedent for our own. The Code of Hammurabi is significant because its creation allowed men, women, slaves, and all others to read and understand the laws that governed their lives in Babylon. It is unique in that laws of other civilizations were not written down, and thus could be manipulated to suite the rulers that dictated them. The Code is particularly just for its time.
As I was reading the Code of Hammurabi, I noticed that it is more on the violence side than the Ten Commandments. Almost everything in the Code of Hammurabi has something to do with a person being put to death if the person is caught doing wrong. Also, Hammurabi’s Code is kind of based off beliefs of the people as a whole while The Ten Commandments has nothing to do with beliefs. Some of the laws from the Hammurabi’s code uses awkward methods to prove a person’s innocence or guilt. For example, if someone accuses another person of a crime, then the person accused has to go into a river to be proven innocent or guilty.