What Is Shame Punishment?

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Shame punishments should be implemented in the Justice system. Because we waste so many tax dollars for locking up small-time offenders, we should use shame to save money and make the system more helpful for those who are in it. Punishing by shame can be effective through many forms, such as, community service or participating in an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting to overcome drinking problems. Shame makes the punishment more personal to the offender and creates a solution that is best for society. If a graffiti painter had to clean up all of the graffiti in the city, he would be sick of it. Shame is a way we could solve the problem in the Justice system.

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Community service is an excellent way to teach an offender a lesson without them feeling as if they are worthless to society. Criminals do not realize how bad the crime really is until they see the consequences in their face. Drug dealers do not genuinely know how their drugs destroy multiple lives by encouraging their bad actions for their personal gain. Servicing a drug rehab center could let them know the stories of the people that he would have encouraged to get back on drugs. They would think about their past actions and regret …show more content…

People, who are humiliated through shame punishment, will act out because they do not want to be made out as a bad person. Humiliation should not be the goal of shame punishments. Guilt should be the goal to work towards. If a person is humiliated amongst their peers, they will act out by attacking people that make fun of them. What happens with humiliation is people use it to punish the person, not the action. Guilt punishes the actions and causes the individual realize that they are not bad people they did a bad action. Once the person realizes the consequences of their bad actions, they will grow as individuals and repair their

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