Should Public Shaming Be An Effective Form Of Penalty

For those who want to improve society and want their children to behave than public shaming is the answer to misbehaving. Public shaming can be an effective form of penalty. Public shaming is appropriate when teens and children do not obey their parents, law, and authority and it is also appropriate for nonviolent acts offenses. It can teach a valuable lesson to people who have done small offenses. According to Florencio Ramirez the current population reports that there are 70 million children under the age 18 in juvenile hall and, is expected to exceed 80 million by the year 2020 for children who are at risk to fail the justice system. It is important to help prevent exceeded youth at risk and undertake challenges facing punishments and†¦show more content†¦According to Brene Brown, a research professor at the University of Houston has said â€Å"The majority of shame researchers approve that the difference between shame and guilt is best understood as the difference betwe en â€Å"I am bad† and â€Å"I did something bad†. Shame is about the humiliation that we go through, who we are, and guilt is about our actions.† Shame is dishonest all the time. It makes them do cruel things such as criminal acts. She believes that people can change their conduct when they feel guilty. Guilt is different from shame because it involves feeling remorse. Guilt is a feeling it is a form of anticipation of physical punishment. A drawback to public shaming is that it destroys confidence. It corrodes us the capability of change. Public Shame is a better standby for imprisonment because penalty is more expensive for society to pay for non-violent crimes. The United States facility is overloaded with inmates. Inmates that are half in gang related crimes and the other half for nonviolent crimes. The prisons are getting overcrowded and it is irreverent to ignore that prisons are getting worse. Individuals who are in jail are shamed just as ind ividual who is