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  2. Punishment (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    Punishment is sometimes used for in applied behavior analysis under the most extreme cases, to reduce dangerous behaviors such as head banging or biting exhibited most commonly by children or people with special needs. Punishment is considered one of the ethical challenges to autism treatment, has led to significant controversy, and is one of ...

  3. Punishment - Wikipedia

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    Other criminologists object to said conclusion, citing that while most people do not know the exact severity of punishment such as whether the sentence for murder is 40 years or life, most people still know the rough outlines such as the punishments for armed robbery or forcible rape being more severe than the punishments for driving too fast ...

  4. Psychological punishment - Wikipedia

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    Psychological punishments are punishments that aim to cause mental pain or discomfort in order to punish an individual. Psychological punishments are usually designed to cause discomfort or pain through creating negative emotions such as humiliation, shame and fear within an individual or by depriving the individual of sensory and/or social stimulation.

  5. Analysis suggests threat of punishment less effective at ...

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    (The Center Square) – Analysis of several long-term studies reveals new insights into the factors that shape convicted offenders’ decision-making and the influences that can drive fluctuations ...

  6. Psychological torture - Wikipedia

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    The Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (commonly known as the United Nations Convention against Torture) is an international human rights treaty, under the review of the United Nations, that aims to prevent torture and other acts of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment around the world.

  7. Deterrence (penology) - Wikipedia

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    The perceived likelihood that one will be caught is far more effective as a deterrent than the severity of the punishment. [35] [36] The presence of police officers has also been effective at deterring crime, as criminals in the presence of police officers have a stronger understanding of the certainty of being caught. Seeing handcuffs and a ...

  8. Torture - Wikipedia

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    Most victims of torture are poor and marginalized people suspected of crimes, although torture against political prisoners, or during armed conflict, has received disproportionate attention. Judicial corporal punishment and capital punishment are sometimes seen as forms of torture, but this label is internationally controversial.

  9. The three federal death row inmates Biden chose not to save - AOL

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    Reverend Sharon Risher, an anti-capital punishment activist, whose mother, Ethel Lance, and cousins Susie and Tywanza Sanders were among those Roof killed, has long opposed a death sentence on ...