Sentence examples for enhanced punishment from inspiring English sources
"enhanced punishment" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
It is typically used in legal contexts to refer to a stricter or more severe punishment than the usual or standard punishment for a particular crime or offense. Example: The defendant was found guilty of multiple counts of fraud and therefore received an enhanced punishment of 10 years in prison instead of the usual 5 years.
On December 23 , 2012 the Indian government constituted a three member committee headed by Justice J.S. Verma, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India, to recommend amendments to the Criminal Law so as to provide for quicker trial and enhanced punishment for criminals accused of committing sexual assault against women.
The new deal was that henceforth a broad range of crimes would lead to enhanced punishment if it turned out that the crime reflected prejudicial attitudes.
While such theories could account for the enhanced prediction of punishment following tryptophan depletion in humans (Cools, Robinson et al. 2008), they do not account so readily for the pattern of effects observed following 5-HT depletion in the PFC and amygdala in the present study.
Importantly, clinical and subclinical psychopaths demonstrate a risky, disadvantageous pattern of decision-making in the task, indicating motivational imbalance (insensitivity for punishment and enhanced reward dependency).
The present study demonstrates that an apparent enhanced sensitivity to misleading punishing feedback and reduced punishment-induced response suppression are both present following localized 5,7-DHT-induced depletions of 5-HT in the amygdala of nonhuman primates.
Animal research has demonstrated reductions in punishment sensitivity and enhanced reward dependency after testosterone administration.
Shy individuals demonstrated a large discrepancy in sensitivity to reward compared to punishment, with this discrepancy being driven by enhanced sensitivity to reward.
