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    are different variations of physical pain; such as spanking, paddling, or caning, which is given to parents, guardians, school officials, or other officials. There are other types of physical pain, in ancient times, people would inflict pain by flogging; whipping, branding and amputation. It is now known today as a source of punishment in the legal system, and in homes of citizens. Corporal Punishment still exists today are in the United States, Japan, England, and China. UNITED STATES In regards

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    Glory, By Edward Zwick

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    disappears and is re-discovered, he is sentenced to a flogging punishment. Major Cabot Forbes, a close friend of Col. Shaw, tries to convince Robert to change his mind about the flogging, because it would make them no better than their past slaveowners. Colonel Robert Shaw ignores Maj. Forbes comment because he realizes he needs to be tough on the regiment in order to prepare them for war. He tells Sergeant Mulcahy to proceed with the flogging. But after the punishment, he soon realizes that Private

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    ignorance, and oppression. The slaves both men and women worked from dawn till dusk in the fields under the watchful eye of the overseers. Overseers on horseback equipped with whips monitoring the workers, always threatening to punish with a flogging. Floggings were common, it substituted for the wage-incentive system. A majority of slaves lived on large plantations that had communities of twenty or more slaves. Slaves in the Deep South accounted for than 75% of the population. The lives on these plantations

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    Port Arthur was a brutal, harsh and demeaning penal settlement. Many convicts struggled to live up to the expectation of what was required of them at the Prison. They would endure savage punishments, and suffered from the harsh struggle of daily life and hard labour. Despite this, many believe that Port Arthur was a positive experience for convicts. It gave them the opportunity to become educated men and a chance to apply themselves in a trade. This gave the men hope and made them useful to the community

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    Endorphin Analysis

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    endorphins, it is going to be really tough to get through it, but I'm determined to do so to prove that I'm a hard enough man to take it.​ Pride comes before a fall!​ LOL, that is the risk, Andy! Can my determination overpower the mounting agony as the flogging progresses?​ ​The high certainly sounds very alluring and yes, I would be the first to admit, that I really like an endorphin high, LOL.​ I think it's a bit more than 'really like' in

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    around crime and punishment, and whether the right punishments are really being issued. It seems that for the crimes being committed, the punishments are too extreme. Wertenbaker’s characters begin to question morality. Members of the crew question if flogging/hanging is really the best form of “entertainment”, and rather putting on a play could possibly provide some healing and redemption for the convicts. Second Lieutenant Ralph Clark heads the production of the play as suggested by the governor. Throughout

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    The film “The Proposition” directed by John Hillcoat is set in Australia in the 1800s. The film is about the police being after the Burns’ brothers because of a crime they committed. Captain Stanley gives the middle brother Charlie a proposition. It is for him and his younger brother Mikey to be free if he kills their older brother, Arthur. The job is a hard and dangerous one and Martha, Captain Stanley’s wife is not fan. Mrs. Stanley feels that her husband should not be in the field, he does

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    Discuss the aims and development of the penal system within the UK over the last 200 years. In this essay I will be looking at the key developments of the British penal system since the early nineteenth century. I will also discuss how the main objectives of the prison system have changed over this period of time. The earliest origins of imprisonment was the use of holding defendants prior to trial and dates back to the 9th century. This early form of incarceration was not designed as a form

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    individualistic nature, he shows a more solicitous side. In the book, Zim makes a mistake during a training session that results in the flogging of a recruit private. Acknowledging his fault, he requests a transfer to a combat squad to, in his own eyes, redeem himself of that very fault. He even tells the Battalion Commander that he wished to the heavens that he could have taken the flogging himself, also having of previously stated that the whole lot of them were a “nice bunch of kids” and would turn out to be

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    It sounds like you took a good, hard thrashing from Richard on Saturday. I was laying it on good and hard by the end of your thrashing, so it's great to hear that Richard did start off at that level and that you took it well. How was the first dozen, Andy? ​ I really struggled with the first dozen. However I had made my mind up to be as manly as I could about them, no matter how much I struggled as I wanted to prove to Richard that I am really making progress. The first dozen is always a real

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