The fact the sisters are black played a role in the (white) judge's decision to impose such punitive punishments upon them, they allege.
This disdain and bias undergirds a system of interlocking forces that reinforce and structuralize inequity, dehumanization and overly punitive punishments, creating nearly impossible barriers to opportunity.
Soon after the outset of the "Get Tough" movement of the 1970s, policy makers and politicians conjured more punitive punishments towards law breakers, and ultimately, social institutions like prison, once thought to be societies for rehabilitation, became places where their ultimate goal was clear and simple: punishment.
The suit could force districts to hire more counselors, train their staffs to understand the latest brain science, and overhaul their disciplinary tactics so that schools focus less on punitive punishments and more on keeping students in school — even if the students act violently themselves.
" Many philosophers think that if people are naturally caused to behave the way they do (instead of "magically choosing" to do so), we should consider the idea that many punitive (punishment-based) actions may be irrational.
And by the way, any settlement is going to be huge because it's going to have to cover what they're going to be going for marginally in the trial, which is not just compensatory damages, but punitive, exemplary, punishment damages.
The purpose of punitive damages is punishment and deterrence.
(I can tell you it wouldn't be one with constant stress, threats of punishment, punitive reviews, etc).
The administration's actions and student activism follow a Huffington Post report earlier this month that the university considered community service too "punitive" as a punishment for "nonconsensual sex".
