Is Shaming Right
Shame on You (or Shame on the Judge) Recently, some courts and some judges have ordered punishments that "shame" defendants as a result of the crimes these defendants have committed.
For example, people have been ordered to hold "idiot" signs and in Utah the mother of a 13-year-old girl was ordered to cut the ponytail of her daughter in order to reduce a community service requirement. In a 2-3-page paper, using APA format, address the issue "Is Shaming Right?" You should identify the purposes of criminal punishment, trends in punishment, and then examine whether or not shaming can punish, educate and/or rehabilitate. Finally, you should address whether or not shaming punishments should be used in the criminal punishment process and provide support for your reasoning. You should use detailed examples in you paper and explain your analysis thoroughly. You are required to use 2-3 outside sources and incorporate those into your paper. Please be sure to include a reference page at the end of your paper.