Concept information
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sociology of organizations, institutions and structure
communities (sociology)
politics and law
social control
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political science
political theory
modern political thought
contemporary issues in political thought
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social problems encyc
crime and deviance
community corrections
history, development, and definitions
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psychology and law
sentencing and incarceration
community corrections
history, development, and definitions
Preferred term
punishment
Definition
- Punishment of crime has been a basis of civil society for at least as long as recorded history. Both the Code of Hammurabi, who was the king of Babylon from 1792 to 1750 B.C.E., and the Bible’s Old Testament demand an “eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth,” as a way of having the punishment fit the crime. [Source: The U.S. Constitution A to Z; Punishment]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- alternative punishments in Sub-Saharan Africa
- capital punishment
- community service
- contingent exercise
- cruel and unusual punishment
- custodial punishment
- facial screening
- generalized conditioned punisher
- intermediate sanctions
- just desert
- juvenile capital punishment
- non custodial punishment
- overcorrection
- prison sentences
- shame penalties
- shunning
- vengeance
- zero tolerance policing
Belongs to group
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-R0NTM68L-4
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