Shaming

Question 1

When was it created

Answer 1

it was created in colonial periods, this punishment was most severe because people relied on the community for survival.

Question 2

typically used in three times of crimes

Answer 2

for three types of offenses: (1) sexual or moral; (2) commercial and business; and (3) first-time and minor

Question 3

four categories of shaming punishments

Answer 3

first is stigmatizing publicity, which is an “attempt to magnify the humiliation inherent in conviction by communicating the offender’s status to a wider audience”. The second type is literal stigmatization. This is done by the “stamping of an offender with a mark or symbol that invites ridicule.” Another form of shaming penalty is the self-debasement ceremony or ritual intended to publicly disgrace the offender. The final category includes contrition penalties which come in two forms: either requiring the offender to publish an apology or requiring some type of apology ritual. The principal purpose of this type of punishment is to embarrass the individual.

Question 4

reasons why it wont work

Answer 4

First, almost all other types of punishments are intended in one way or another to accomplish this and arguably have not worked. Second, this argument assumes that juveniles actually make a cost-benefit analysis before engaging in criminal conduct.
Another reason why shame is unlikely to be a successful deterrent is that our culture is drastically different from those in which shame has been successful.

Question 5

5 things necessary to make it work

Answer 5

(1) the person to be shamed “must be [a member] of an identifiable group, such as a close-knit religious or ethnic community;” (2) the person’s social standing must be actually compromised by the sanction; (3) the group must withdraw from the offender after the shaming is communicated to them; (4) the “person must fear withdrawal from the group;” and (5) there must be some means of reintegrating the person to the group