Corporal Punishement

smegballs · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Karma :

Should corporal punishment be used as a alternative to prison for crimes that don't endanger the public?

Prison deprives you of a large part of your life, gives you a history that makes it hard to get a job etc etc. With corporal punishment you take the blows, get treated by a doctor and then go about your business.

Obviously the whipping etc would need a doctor present to monitor the convict, and can call a halt if they are in danger. The idea is to inflict pain, not permanently damage them.

If you have the choice of 5 years of 30 lashes, what would you take?

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I haven't got a problem with chemical castration for predatory paedophiles, rapists etc.

Anything else, bring back gladiatorial games. Trial by combat Thumbs Up

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I think most people are missing the point that what if someone innocent gets convicted. Prison is bad enough.

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some people enjoy pain Thumbs Up

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Kickstart · The Oracle Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Karma :

Hi

Chemical castration for any first offence, also applied to any children to prevent the family line carrying on. Give it a generation or 2 and the problem should go away.

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Back on topic:

'Should corporal punishment be used as a alternative to prison for crimes that don't endanger the public?'

What do you mean by 'crimes that don't endanger the public'?

Unless I'm misinterpreting you, well, I think they should be legal.

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monteme0: The only reason that sort of stuff generally comes about though is because people aren't forced to restitute properly.

If someone nicked my bike, and then they were forced to actually pay me back the value of the bike plus incidental expenses, I wouldn't really feel that much ill will towards them at all.

But that very rarely happens. You have to deal with it yourself and the perpetrator even if caught probably gets let off with a fine or some such nonsense.

G · The Voice of Reason Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Karma :

I thought they did get offered non-custodial sentences?
I'm thinking of the case fairly recently where some teenage care home kid that couldn't have male members of staff working with here because she acted so 'inappropriately' basically kept badgering a bloke to let her give him a blowjob.
There was a big hoo-ha because he didn't get a particularly harsh sentence and someone dared to suggest that the girl played a part too (who would think a teenage girl had sexual thoughts anda ctions - obviously that couldn't have been the case!)

Maybe sometimes with the requirement for 'therapy' or whatever and so on.

I'd suggest the bigger issue on the original question is the cost to society of running prisons!

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Im-a-Ridah · World Chat Champion Joined: 20 Oct 2006 Karma :

I'm opposed to the whole corporal punishment thing. I don't think making violence acceptable in that way is going to be positive for society. Paedophilia seems to be the one people jump on first for these gruesome punishments, but it's also one of the offences where it would be the least effective. Paedophiles need psychological help, and to be kept away from potential victims whilst they are a risk of offending. Not only would these brutal punishments be ineffective but they would also actively deter people from seeking treatment. Punishments really should be tailored to the crime. If someone wants to be a violent or antisocial drunk causing trouble in town centres, why give an £80 fine? Give them a 12 month ban from all town centres past 9 or 10pm, and a ban from all licensed premises. For an offence like burglary of a residential property or violence against a person consider giving prison terms where they must actually serve the full time, and perhaps half or three quarters of that in solitary confinement.