PRISON WORKS. DISCUSS.
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 01:01:12
Category: / Social Sciences / Sociology
Length: 9 pages (2533 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Sociology
Length: 9 pages (2533 words)
PRISON WORKS.
DISCUSS.
The issue of crime within society has been a problem for many centuries past. There has always been cause for punishment of offenders, but only recently has prison become the main institution for doing so. Until the 18th century there were numerous methods for punishing crime, many too gruesome to be considered using today. Prison is now seen as being the greatest form of punishment an offender can be given; the greater …
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