The phrase "types of punishment" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to various means of disciplinary action. For example, you could write, "The school has a list of acceptable types of punishment that teachers may use to discipline students."
In their view, the amendment is addressed only to types of punishment, not length of sentences.
Shame certainly has an extra moral oomph that other types of punishment, including prison, fines and public service, lack.
"I don't know how President Obama can direct that certain types of punishment be administered and now you are supposed to ignore it.
Details about SERE, such as the types of punishment inflicted on the "prisoners," are classified; Special Forces officers told me that torture is not practiced, though they did not deny that physical pressure is applied.
Justices Thomas and Scalia concurred separately in an opinion by Justice Thomas that reiterated his longstanding view that the Eighth Amendment applies only to types of punishment and not to particular conditions of confinement.
And the drama teacher who falls for her student Hamlet in "The Bower" comes to a disturbing conclusion: even if she manages to prevent the college deans (one of whom is her husband) from discovering her affair, other types of punishment probably lie ahead.
The Eighth Amendment limits the types of punishments that may be imposed to fines, prison terms, and executions carried out in a humane fashion.
For Locke, legislation is primarily about announcing a general rule stipulating what types of actions should receive what types of punishments.
Prisons and Prison Discipline delineates the types of punishments likely to deter offenders or, failing that, to re-mould and re-educate criminals to be productive members of society.
Some parents have set rules for punishments such as the length of time of time outs or what types of punishments (time outs, taking away privileges) you should use.
It's absolutely crazy to me that these people ask for this type of punishment.
