Sentences with phrase «punishing offenders»

Animal control officers respond to disturbances caused in public by wild animals or stray pets as well as rescue animals in distress by punishing offenders under the terms of law.

Protecting victims of domestic violence takes priority over punishing offenders, says Jane McCulloch

Some SPCCs became «an arm of the law, took a rescuing stance, and aimed their services at punishing offenders,» while others, such as Boston and Cleveland, were more concerned with prevention than punishment.

«We think that the Cusick bill is focused on prevention of abuse and punishing offenders,» said Poust, the Catholic Conference spokesman.

«I am clear that we need to focus our resources on protecting the public, punishing offenders and providing access to justice - in a way that is both intelligent and transparent,» Mr Clarke said.

A former employee said management declined to punish the offender because he «was a high performer.»

Should not the focus of justice be on righting the wrong, not punishing the offender?

It's ONLY a book, & if you're a «true believer», don't you think your allah will punish the offenders??

At its worst, this notion takes the form of the image of God as divine lawgiver and judge, who has proclaimed an arbitrary set of moral rules, who keeps records of offences, and who will punish offenders.

When I feel betrayed, do I hold a grudge, seek revenge or punish my offender?

None the less, Christians have recognized the need to check crime, forcibly if necessary, and to punish the offender.

Justice must protect the public, including deterring crime and preventing reoffending, and must punish the offender.

We need to make better use of prison and community sentences to punish offenders and improve public safety, while ensuring that sentencing supports our aims of improved rehabilitation and increased reparation to victims and society.

Prison is there to perform three simple functions: to protect the public, to punish offenders and to offer the hope of rehabilitation.

According to one former detainee, Viktor Fainberg, confining political activists in a mental hospital not only punished the offenders, but also discredited their ideas in the eyes of the Soviet public which, by and large, has a rather intolerant attitude to mental illness.

In the state capitol, OHS is the driving force behind efforts to improve laws that protect animals and punish offenders

«Today we are sending a clear message that Pennsylvania will not tolerate animal cruelty in our state and will punish offenders to the fullest extent of the law,» Rep. Stephens said in a press conference.

This will require an international organization with teeth, which has the power to financially and criminally punish offenders.

It is worth noting in my view that when it comes to the sentence of discretionary fines the law avoids this consequence by prohibiting fines from being used to punish offenders who can not pay.

In criminal matters in which women were defendants, Patterson saw herself as a reformer and she was critical of short sentences that punished offenders without addressing the causes of crime.

The courts may also award substantial «punitive damages» to punish the offender.

Unlike Canada's criminal law, which has punishment as a purpose, the AHRA is not meant to punish offenders; it is intended to provide relief for victims of discrimination.

While the criminal justice system focuses on punishing the offender and seeking retribution for violating society's laws, this does little to help the victim who is injured.

The B.C.C.A. added a judge can consider other offences, not to punish the offender for those offences, but to determine a fit sentence based on his or her character, conduct and attitude.

«Recently, in Murphy v. United Steelworkers of America, 507 A. 2d 1342, 1346 (R.I. 1986), this court emphasized that punitive damages are not awarded as compensation for the plaintiff but in order to punish the offender and to deter future misconduct.

Kansas State has criminalized intoxicated driving and will punish offenders as it sees fit and as often as it can.

That space can not be constructed on the basis of returning any severely punished offender to the Member State of origin, solely on grounds of the penalty imposed.

Historically, however, our justice system did not punish offenders who were insane because those individuals were not believed to have exercised their own free will.

At the end of the day, whether the insanity defence fosters justice or impedes it is a matter of perspective regarding who, and under what circumstances our system punishes offenders.

Criminal charges are brought by the state on behalf of society as a whole; the goal of criminal charges is not to help or compensate the victim, it's to punish the offender and benefit society.

Not exact matches

Punishing drug offenders became more important than getting them off drugs.

Added to that, if punishment is a means to get offenders to do what is in their own best interest, why keep punishing them when they sign up for classes?

Punishment by definition contravenes the will of the one who is punished, which is why many offenders view rehabilitation programs themselves as punitive, since they feel pressured to participate.

We now have, I hope, an opportunity for a grown up debate on how to make our youth justice system work, for the young people within it and the communities it protects — by examining the root causes of youth offending, what preventative action can be taken, how to most appropriately punish and reform offenders and rehabilitate them back into our society.

«It is better to let 100 offenders go free than to punish one innocent person.

In the case described in the letter it was not a lack of power to expel that held the Lords back from punishing the alleged offender.

Astoria's state legislators have drafted and have made significant strides in passing a bill that they said would close a gap in a law punishing repeat sex offenders.

The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has issued a statement condemning the mob action saying, «The Bar finds mob actions purportedly exercised to punish suspected or alleged offenders very unacceptable and an affront to the rule of law under the Fourth Republican Constitution of Ghana.

Of course, offenders must be caught and punished.

«Alter Ego» is centred around a woman who employs any means to get sex offenders and molesters punished.

Such offenders are often not punished, supposedly due to political affiliation with the governing party.

In a range of different scenarios involving someone who has done wrong — a negligent friend; a criminal offender; and a troubled personal relationship — Dr Strelan and colleagues found that people were more willing to forgive if those who had offended against them had been punished in some way.

«Victims want to change, not just punish, offenders.»

Married offenders may be punished by stoning regardless of their gender, but the method laid down for a man involves his burial up to his waist, and for a woman up to her neck (article 102).

Truss said: «Prisons rightly punish people who break the law, but they should also be a place where offenders are reformed.

The school also uses the program to discipline students, focusing on restorative justice, where the goal is to rehabilitate, rather than punish or suspend, the offender by reconciling the wrong done to the victim and the community.

With regard to for - profit colleges, the federal government should continue punishing the industry's worst offenders without disadvantaging the entire for - profit sector.

Require community service Most researchers agree that community service is an appropriate way to punish juvenile offenders of cyberbullying.

Indeed, some legal philosophers have justified punishment on the basis that it is a kindness to offenders to punish them since it permits them to heal.

Instead of relying on the Canadian criminal justice system to punish serious offenders in accordance with the law, to rehabilitate offenders, and working to reintegrate them into society, the federal government will deport potentially dangerous individuals to countries where they could pursue further violence against Canada and others.