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Administrative detention
Administrative detention is arrest and detention of individuals by the state without trial, usually for security reasons.
Administrative detention is arrest and detention of individuals by the state without trial, usually for security reasons.
Amende honorable
Amende honorable was originally a mode of punishment in France which required the offender, barefoot and stripped to his shirt, and led into a church or auditory with a torch in his hand and a r...
Amende honorable was originally a mode of punishment in France which required the offender, barefoot and stripped to his shirt, and led into a church or auditory with a torch in his hand and a r...
Amercement
An amercement is a financial penalty in English law, common during the Middle Ages, imposed either by the court or by peers.
An amercement is a financial penalty in English law, common during the Middle Ages, imposed either by the court or by peers.
Badge of shame
A badge of shame, also a symbol of shame, mark of shame, or simply a stigma, is typically a distinctive symbol required to be worn by a specific group or an individual for the ...
A badge of shame, also a symbol of shame, mark of shame, or simply a stigma, is typically a distinctive symbol required to be worn by a specific group or an individual for the ...
Beot
A beot is Anglo-Saxon for a ritualized boast, vow, threat, or promise.
A beot is Anglo-Saxon for a ritualized boast, vow, threat, or promise.
Bitlaha
Bitlaha is a South Asian concept used as a social punishment for violating the norms of exogamy and endogamy.
Bitlaha is a South Asian concept used as a social punishment for violating the norms of exogamy and endogamy.
Blood money (term)
Blood money is money or some sort of compensation paid by an offender (usually a murderer) or his family group to the family or kin group of the victim.
Blood money is money or some sort of compensation paid by an offender (usually a murderer) or his family group to the family or kin group of the victim.
Boot camp (correctional)
Boot camps can be governmental as well as private institutions.
Boot camps can be governmental as well as private institutions.
Cadena temporal
Cadena temporal and cadena perpetua are punishments notably present in the Philippine legal system.
Cadena temporal and cadena perpetua are punishments notably present in the Philippine legal system.
Cangue
A cangue is a small device that was used for public humiliation and corporal punishment in China and some other parts of East Asia and Southeast Asia, until the early years of the twentieth century.
A cangue is a small device that was used for public humiliation and corporal punishment in China and some other parts of East Asia and Southeast Asia, until the early years of the twentieth century.
Castigation
Castigation (from the Latin castigatio), chastisement (via the French châtiment), or chiding is the infliction of severe (moral or corporal) punishment.
Castigation (from the Latin castigatio), chastisement (via the French châtiment), or chiding is the infliction of severe (moral or corporal) punishment.
Chastisement
Chastisement is the infliction of corporal punishment.
Chastisement is the infliction of corporal punishment.
Chemical castration
Chemical castration is the administration of medication designed to reduce libido and sexual activity.
Chemical castration is the administration of medication designed to reduce libido and sexual activity.
Child discipline
Child discipline is the set of rules, rewards and punishments administered to teach self control, increase desirable behaviors and decrease undesirable behaviors in children.
Child discipline is the set of rules, rewards and punishments administered to teach self control, increase desirable behaviors and decrease undesirable behaviors in children.
Childwite
In medieval England, a childwite, or child-wit, was a fine paid by a man to a lord for unlawfully impregnating his bond-woman (female slave).
In medieval England, a childwite, or child-wit, was a fine paid by a man to a lord for unlawfully impregnating his bond-woman (female slave).
Citizenship education
There are two very different kinds of citizenship education, The first is education intended to prepare noncitizens to become legally and socially accepted as citizens.
There are two very different kinds of citizenship education, The first is education intended to prepare noncitizens to become legally and socially accepted as citizens.
Collective punishment
Collective punishment is the punishment of a group of people as a result of the behavior of one or more other individuals or groups.
Collective punishment is the punishment of a group of people as a result of the behavior of one or more other individuals or groups.
Comminatory
In law, a comminatory is a clause inserted into a law, edict, patent, etc, describing a punishment that is to be imposed on delinquents, which, however, is not in practice executed with the rigo...
In law, a comminatory is a clause inserted into a law, edict, patent, etc, describing a punishment that is to be imposed on delinquents, which, however, is not in practice executed with the rigo...
Compulsory sterilization
Compulsory sterilization, also known as forced sterilization, programs are government policies which attempt to force people to undergo surgical sterilization.
Compulsory sterilization, also known as forced sterilization, programs are government policies which attempt to force people to undergo surgical sterilization.
Confiscation
Confiscation, from the Latin confiscatio 'joining to the fiscus, i.e. transfer to the treasury' is a legal seizure without compensation by a government or other public authority.
Confiscation, from the Latin confiscatio 'joining to the fiscus, i.e. transfer to the treasury' is a legal seizure without compensation by a government or other public authority.
Corporal punishment
Corporal punishment is a form of physical punishment that involves the deliberate infliction of pain in certain areas of the body such as the private areas.
Corporal punishment is a form of physical punishment that involves the deliberate infliction of pain in certain areas of the body such as the private areas.
Cyphonism
Cyphonism (Gr κυφωνισμός, from κῡφός, "bent, crooked") was a form of punishment by the κύφων (kyphon), a sort of wooden pillory by which the neck of the malefactor was bent or weighed downward.
Cyphonism (Gr κυφωνισμός, from κῡφός, "bent, crooked") was a form of punishment by the κύφων (kyphon), a sort of wooden pillory by which the neck of the malefactor was bent or weighed downward.
Damnation
Damnation is the concept of everlasting divine punishment and/or disgrace, especially the punishment for sin as threatened by God.
Damnation is the concept of everlasting divine punishment and/or disgrace, especially the punishment for sin as threatened by God.
Day-fine
A day-fine or day fine or unit fine is a unit of fine payment that, above a minimum fine, is based on the offender's daily personal income.
A day-fine or day fine or unit fine is a unit of fine payment that, above a minimum fine, is based on the offender's daily personal income.
Deferred sentence
A deferred sentence is a sentence that is suspended until after a defendant has completed a period of probation.
A deferred sentence is a sentence that is suspended until after a defendant has completed a period of probation.
Detention (imprisonment)
Detention is the process when a state, government or citizen lawfully holds a person by removing their freedom of liberty at that time.
Detention is the process when a state, government or citizen lawfully holds a person by removing their freedom of liberty at that time.
Diesel therapy
Diesel therapy is a form of punishment in which prisoners are shackled and then transported for days or weeks.
Diesel therapy is a form of punishment in which prisoners are shackled and then transported for days or weeks.
Discharge (sentencing)
A discharge is a type of sentence where no punishment is imposed.
A discharge is a type of sentence where no punishment is imposed.
Drumming out
Drumming out is the historical act of being dishonorably dismissed from military service to the sound of a drum.
Drumming out is the historical act of being dishonorably dismissed from military service to the sound of a drum.
Dégradation nationale
The dégradation nationale ("National stripping of rank") was a sentence introduced in France after the Liberation.
The dégradation nationale ("National stripping of rank") was a sentence introduced in France after the Liberation.
Electronic tagging
Electronic tagging is a form of non-surreptitious surveillance consisting of an electronic device attached to a person or vehicle, especially certain criminals, allowing their whereabouts to be ...
Electronic tagging is a form of non-surreptitious surveillance consisting of an electronic device attached to a person or vehicle, especially certain criminals, allowing their whereabouts to be ...
Exile
Exile means to be away from one's home (i.e.
Exile means to be away from one's home (i.e.
Felony disenfranchisement
Felony disenfranchisement is the term used to describe the practice of prohibiting people from voting based on the fact that they have been convicted of a felony or other criminal offence.
Felony disenfranchisement is the term used to describe the practice of prohibiting people from voting based on the fact that they have been convicted of a felony or other criminal offence.
Fine (penalty)
A fine is money paid usually to superior authority, usually governmental authority, as punishment for a crime or other offence.
A fine is money paid usually to superior authority, usually governmental authority, as punishment for a crime or other offence.
Gating (punishment)
Gating is a type of punishment similar to a detention used typically at educational institutions, especially boarding schools.
Gating is a type of punishment similar to a detention used typically at educational institutions, especially boarding schools.
Hellbanning
Hellbanning is a practice used by some online community managers for protecting a community against internet trolls, in which a user is made invisible to all other users while from his or her o...
Hellbanning is a practice used by some online community managers for protecting a community against internet trolls, in which a user is made invisible to all other users while from his or her o...
House arrest
In justice and law, house arrest is a measure by which a person is confined by the authorities to his or her residence.
In justice and law, house arrest is a measure by which a person is confined by the authorities to his or her residence.
Imperial ban
The imperial ban (Reichsacht) was a form of outlawry in the Holy Roman Empire.
The imperial ban (Reichsacht) was a form of outlawry in the Holy Roman Empire.
Jankers
In the British Armed Services, jankers is a much used vernacular term for an official punishment.
In the British Armed Services, jankers is a much used vernacular term for an official punishment.
Judicial corporal punishment
Judicial corporal punishment (JCP) refers to the infliction of corporal punishment as a result of a sentence by a court of law.
Judicial corporal punishment (JCP) refers to the infliction of corporal punishment as a result of a sentence by a court of law.
Kasepekang
Kasepekang is a punishment under Balinese customary law.
Kasepekang is a punishment under Balinese customary law.
Lie
To lie is to hold something which one knows is not the whole truth to be the whole truth, intentionally.
To lie is to hold something which one knows is not the whole truth to be the whole truth, intentionally.
Mercy
Mercy (Middle English, from Anglo-French merci, from Medieval Latin merced-, merces, from Latin, "price paid, wages", from merc-, merxi "merchandise") is broad term that ref...
Mercy (Middle English, from Anglo-French merci, from Medieval Latin merced-, merces, from Latin, "price paid, wages", from merc-, merxi "merchandise") is broad term that ref...
Mirror punishment
A mirror punishment is a penal form of poetic justice which reflects the nature or means of the crime in the means of (often physical) punishment as a form of retributive justice — the pra...
A mirror punishment is a penal form of poetic justice which reflects the nature or means of the crime in the means of (often physical) punishment as a form of retributive justice — the pra...
Nuisance fee
A nuisance fee is a fee, fine, or penalty which is charged to deter an action, rather than to compensate for the costs of that action.
A nuisance fee is a fee, fine, or penalty which is charged to deter an action, rather than to compensate for the costs of that action.
Parading on donkey
Parading on a donkey is a traditional psychological punishment, consisting in a public humiliation.
Parading on a donkey is a traditional psychological punishment, consisting in a public humiliation.
Parsimony
Parsimony is the use of the simplest or most frugal route of explanation available.
Parsimony is the use of the simplest or most frugal route of explanation available.
Penal transportation
Transportation or penal transportation is the deporting of convicted criminals to a penal colony.
Transportation or penal transportation is the deporting of convicted criminals to a penal colony.
Peshotanu (punishment)
A Peshotanu, meaning one who pays with his body, according to Avestan terminology, is a person who had either been condemned to or previously subjected to two hundred stripes with the Aspa...
A Peshotanu, meaning one who pays with his body, according to Avestan terminology, is a person who had either been condemned to or previously subjected to two hundred stripes with the Aspa...
Pindown
Pindown was a method of punishment used in children's homes in Staffordshire, England in the 1980s.
Pindown was a method of punishment used in children's homes in Staffordshire, England in the 1980s.
Pittura infamante
Pittura infamante (Italian for "defaming portrait"; plural pitture infamanti) is a genre of defamatory painting and relief, common in Renaissance Italy in city-states in the north and ce...
Pittura infamante (Italian for "defaming portrait"; plural pitture infamanti) is a genre of defamatory painting and relief, common in Renaissance Italy in city-states in the north and ce...
Postenpflicht
The Postenpflicht ("Duty of Guards") was part of a written order for SS guards in Nazi concentration camps regarding the use of firearms.
The Postenpflicht ("Duty of Guards") was part of a written order for SS guards in Nazi concentration camps regarding the use of firearms.
Prisoner
A prisoner, also commonly called an inmate, is anyone who is deprived of liberty against their will.
A prisoner, also commonly called an inmate, is anyone who is deprived of liberty against their will.
Probation
Probation literally means testing of behaviour or abilities.
Probation literally means testing of behaviour or abilities.
Psychological punishment
A psychological punishment is a type of punishment that relies not or only in secondary order on the actual harm inflicted (such as corporal punishments or fines) but on psychological effects, m...
A psychological punishment is a type of punishment that relies not or only in secondary order on the actual harm inflicted (such as corporal punishments or fines) but on psychological effects, m...
Public humiliation
Public humiliation was often used by local communities to punish minor and petty criminals before the age of large, modern prisons (imprisonment was long unusual as a punishment, rather a method...
Public humiliation was often used by local communities to punish minor and petty criminals before the age of large, modern prisons (imprisonment was long unusual as a punishment, rather a method...
Punishment
Punishment is the authoritative imposition of something negative or unpleasant on a person or animal in response to behavior deemed wrong by an individual or group.
Punishment is the authoritative imposition of something negative or unpleasant on a person or animal in response to behavior deemed wrong by an individual or group.
Punishment (psychology)
In operant conditioning, punishment is any change in a human or animal's surroundings that occurs after a given behavior or response which reduces the likelihood of that behavior occurring agai...
In operant conditioning, punishment is any change in a human or animal's surroundings that occurs after a given behavior or response which reduces the likelihood of that behavior occurring agai...
Riding the rail
Riding the rail (also called running out of town on a rail) was a punishment in Colonial America in which a man (rarely a woman) was made to straddle a fence rail (usually the triangular spl...
Riding the rail (also called running out of town on a rail) was a punishment in Colonial America in which a man (rarely a woman) was made to straddle a fence rail (usually the triangular spl...
Sanctions (law)
Sanctions are penalties or other means of enforcement used to provide incentives for obedience with the law, or with rules and regulations.
Sanctions are penalties or other means of enforcement used to provide incentives for obedience with the law, or with rules and regulations.
Shimanagashi
Shimanagashi is a form of punishment where people are made captive in small spaces.
Shimanagashi is a form of punishment where people are made captive in small spaces.
Shock incarceration
The shock incarceration is a short-term imprisonment usually applied to a first-time convict under the theory that it may have better rehabilitation results than a mere suspended sentence.
The shock incarceration is a short-term imprisonment usually applied to a first-time convict under the theory that it may have better rehabilitation results than a mere suspended sentence.
Shunning
Shunning can be the act of Social rejection, or mental rejection.
Shunning can be the act of Social rejection, or mental rejection.
Shut up
"Shut up" is a direct command with a meaning similar to "be quiet"', but which is commonly perceived as an angrier and more forceful demand to stop making noise or otherwise communicating.
"Shut up" is a direct command with a meaning similar to "be quiet"', but which is commonly perceived as an angrier and more forceful demand to stop making noise or otherwise communicating.
Standing cell
A standing cell was a special cell used in Nazi concentration camps during the Third Reich.
A standing cell was a special cell used in Nazi concentration camps during the Third Reich.
Suspended sentence
A suspended sentence is a legal term for a judge's delaying of a defendant's serving of a sentence after they have been found guilty, in order to allow the defendant to perform a period of probation.
A suspended sentence is a legal term for a judge's delaying of a defendant's serving of a sentence after they have been found guilty, in order to allow the defendant to perform a period of probation.
Suspension (punishment)
Suspension is a form of punishment that people receive for violating rules and regulations.
Suspension is a form of punishment that people receive for violating rules and regulations.
Symbole
The symbole, also called ar vuoc'h ("the cow"), was an object used by Francophone headmasters in public and private schools in Brittany, Occitania and North Catalonia as a means of punishm...
The symbole, also called ar vuoc'h ("the cow"), was an object used by Francophone headmasters in public and private schools in Brittany, Occitania and North Catalonia as a means of punishm...
Tarring and feathering
Tarring and feathering is a physical punishment, used to enforce unofficial justice or revenge.
Tarring and feathering is a physical punishment, used to enforce unofficial justice or revenge.
Time-out (parenting)
A time-out involves temporarily separating a child from an environment where inappropriate behavior has occurred, and is intended to remove positive reinforcement of the behavior.
A time-out involves temporarily separating a child from an environment where inappropriate behavior has occurred, and is intended to remove positive reinforcement of the behavior.
Traffic ticket
A traffic ticket is a notice issued by a law enforcement official to a motorist or other road user, accusing violation of traffic laws.
A traffic ticket is a notice issued by a law enforcement official to a motorist or other road user, accusing violation of traffic laws.
Unit fine
A unit fine system is a judicial sentence in which the amount of the fine depends upon the offender's means.
A unit fine system is a judicial sentence in which the amount of the fine depends upon the offender's means.
Weregild
Weregild (also spelled wergild, wergeld, weregeld, etc.) was a value placed on every human being and every piece of property in the Salic Code (Salic Law).
Weregild (also spelled wergild, wergeld, weregeld, etc.) was a value placed on every human being and every piece of property in the Salic Code (Salic Law).
Éraic
Éraic (or eric) was the Irish equivalent of the Welsh galanas and the Anglo-Saxon and Scandic weregild, a form of tribute paid in reparation for murder or other major crimes.
Éraic (or eric) was the Irish equivalent of the Welsh galanas and the Anglo-Saxon and Scandic weregild, a form of tribute paid in reparation for murder or other major crimes.