The show presented itself as a crusade to protect children. But its appeal may have had as much to do with the pleasures of being able to play judge, jury and executioner from your living room couch.
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While pain may be universal, our experience of it is anything but.
AI is making its way into the courtroom, but it can never replicate the moral legitimacy of a human jury.
Old-school parenting strategies like ‘go to your room!’ can often amplify the very behavior that parents want to correct.
Evidence shows the links between punishment, discipline and behaviour change are weak at best. Good rehabilitation has a therapeutic focus – but this is less popular with politicians and the public.
Care and protection residences are meant to help children with nowhere else to go. Instead, official reports show those kids are experiencing increased serious physical, sexual or emotional harm.
Questions about how to ethically train different kinds of pets depend on the nature of those animals’ inner lives and their abilities to learn.
Mesopotamia’s prisons were built for detaining people, not punishing them. But they shaped powerful ideas about justice and reform that aren’t so different from today’s.
The promise of pardons to offer criminal sanctuary likely undermines the rule of law and increases the risks of political violence.
Learning about the history of public executions offers insight into our contemporary appetite for – and apathy towards – the suffering of others.
Prisons and jails have a long history, but they weren’t always used for the same kinds of punishment.
What people consider to be fair and just today are in line with the laws of ancient Mesopotamia and the Tang Dynasty in China – suggesting that these intuitions are part of human nature.
Convicted rapist Jayden Meyer was given a nine months home detention, sparking protests and an appeal from crown prosecutors. But the sentence is in line with the law. Is it time for change?
People penalized for violating a group’s shared rules could go on to disrupt its functioning, out of revenge. Two scholars suggest a way of imposing rules.
Sidhu is not being deported as punishment. He is being removed because he has been positioned as a foreigner in Canada who has lost the privilege to remain.
Ancient Christian and Jewish texts threatened women with hellfire if they stepped out of line – and those terrifying visions still resonate in U.S. society today.
Abuse, neglect or witnessing violence at home can lead kids to misbehave. Some schools are doing away with expulsions to focus on childhood trauma instead.
New Zealand scores well against other countries — especially over its handling of the pandemic — but there are still areas that need improving.
The case of an African-American sailor who arrived in Melbourne in 1887 illustrates the long history of excessive punishment of Black bodies.
Unfairness alone is upsetting enough to drive people to punish lucky recipients of unfair outcomes.
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Professor and Director, Centre for Research in Educational and Social Inclusion, Adelaide University
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Professor, School of Psychology, Adelaide University
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Thomas and Dorothy Litwin Professor of American Studies and Dean of the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions, Cornell University
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Professor and Head of Pain Research, Aalborg University
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Professor of Psychology; Member of the Strategic Research Centre for Social and Early Emotional Development, Deakin University
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Associate professor, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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Professor, University of South Africa
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Ph.D. Candidate in Psychology, Yale University
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Visiting Researcher in Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University
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University Professor of History, Provost Emeritus, George Mason University
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Health Services Researcher, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Law School, The University of Western Australia
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Pro Vice-Chancellor, Learning and Teaching and Professor of Social Work, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor of Philosophy, Deakin University