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Retributive justice is a legal concept whereby the criminal offender receives punishment proportional or similar to the crime.As opposed to revenge, retribution—and thus retributive justice—is not personal, is directed only at wrongdoing, has inherent limits, involves no pleasure at the suffering of others (i.e., schadenfreude, sadism), and employs procedural standards.
In 2016, 11 African-American elementary school children in Rutherford County, ranging in age from 8 to 12, were detained or jailed, or both, after allegedly witnessing a fight between a 5-year-old and a 6-year-old. Some of the children were alleged to have been guilty by being present at the fight, and were alleged by authorities to be guilty ...
Whatever the reason for the criminal behavior, there must be countermeasures that are developed to keep people that are more than likely to commit a crime from committing them. After school programs, community involvement in youth, diversionary programs must be in place to keep youth that have a higher risk of committing a crime from continuing ...
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Opinion: Legislation would make it easier for Tennesseans impacted by violent crime to access the support that they need to begin to heal. Tennessee makes it too hard to compensate victims of ...
Opinion: Public safety should be a top priority for Tennessee, along with proper treatment of law enforcement and of taxpayers. Tennessee 'tough on crime' bill will not make us safer and take away ...
The prison abolition movement is a network of groups and activists that seek to reduce or eliminate prisons and the prison system, and replace them with systems of rehabilitation and education that do not focus on punishment and government institutionalization. [1]
What is crime like at the University of Tennessee? Despite effects of the pandemic, reported crime peaked at UT in 2020, with a total of 152 criminal offenses, according to USA TODAY's Crimes on ...