In Defense of Flogging - Book Report/Review Example

” the question reads. Not that he liked flogging, indeed he finds it outrageous and even went further to describe that ones skin is ripped from the body but he is far much offended by American penal system that imprison as much as 2.3 million people with per capita of (750 to 100,000) of prisoners which is the largest in the world and to the contrary us is blaming china for human rights violations. The prisons are very congested and the cost implication is high as compared to flogging which is incredibly cheaper.

His work have relations to sociology in many ways because the same person we are thinking of flogging instead of sending to jail will go through flogging for few minutes and continue his daily living within the society. You certainly must have read a number of books that touch on the downfalls in the us prison departments, but surely this is a book that attempt to offer an alternative to failed prison departments by proposing the introduction of corporal punishment as an alternative to imprisonment for a number of petty offenders.

The sociological impact will therefore have far reaching impact within society or community. The criminal who must have offended them in one way or another will be there with them after few minutes of flogging. If you therefore decide to give the choice to the criminal, to choose between being flogged and being send to jail there is a possibility of conflict between the offender and the offend, this is because the offended might not want to see the offender within its vicinity for fear of recurrent of the offence, it will therefore be prudent to weigh in the option of involving both parties in deciding the fate of the offender.

The book painted both the picture of being in prison and being flogged. With jail term one is totally removed from the society he/she belongs and looses part of his life and everything one care about. Being send to jail will bring to an end the plans you have laid to achieve. Of you were planning to scale certain heights in five years to come that dream will just go up in a smoke. You will even likely loose ties with your family because you will not be there for certain things you are needed for.

Peter Moskos writes. “Prisons do little but breed criminality and destroy family ties and job prospects… incarceration are long, torturous, and psychologically destructive.” He said flogging even though admitting it is brutal “is a short burst of searing pain,” but one who does it “punish criminals, save money, spare families, and ensure that justice is served.” The alternative should be offered to imprisonment and if that is done and majority opt to be flogged rather than being imprisoned will say a lot about imprisoning.

And if flogging is so bad that nobody will opt for it as an alternative to being send to jail then where is the problem with offering it as an alternative?. Moskos is very critique of pretty devastating and broken United States way of correcting criminals. He brought to light the fact that rehabilitation has not bear fruit, and to continue to do things the same way as we have always done without results will just be costing us billions of money and it will be good to try the alternative that is likely to give us results.

He actually had very good suggestions, and I actually accept. He said that prison system is totally messed-up, corrupt, and ineffective, and that if a criminal is given a choice between being flogged on the back and 5 years in prison he will see it more humane and will be a