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Quality of Care and Assessment of Treatments for Inmates with Mental Disorders or Medical Conditions

Abstract

This paper aims to discuss the quality of care that is provided to inmates that suffer from mental disorders or are medically sick. The discussion is based the assessment of treatments that are offered to them while incarcerated in jails or prison.

Table of Contents

Abstractii

Introduction1

Discussion.2

Death Penalty in Different Countries.2

Current and Past Methods.2

Arguments for the Death Penalty.3

Arguments against the Death Penalty.4

Own Opinion.6

Conclusion.8

References9

Quality of Care and Assessment of Treatments for Inmates with Mental Disorders or Medical Conditions

Introduction

People regard the death penalty as the ultimate punishment for a crime. There is no greater punishment than the death penalty, also known as capital punishment. The debate and controversies linked with the death penalty is many. Some people believe that it is the only way to eliminate crime and bring justice to the victims. Others feel that it is too harsh and sometimes takes the life of those who are innocent. Unlike other punishments, the death penalty results in ending the life of the criminal unnaturally. This is the reason human rights organizations and other people feel so strongly about abolishing it. There are various methods that people used in past times to execute people under the death penalty. A number of countries have abolished the act; however, quite a few have kept it in practice to bring justice. In simplest terms, it is the alteration of social order in society.

Social change includes developing strategies to organize people or mobilize those who stare common interests. It also includes social movements, focused on law. Human rights, criminal justice and social change are all interlinked. Law is a fundamental part of social change as it monitors and ensures the society is safe and secure. How law contributes to developing social movements like fundraisers and associations, is the fascinating bit (HLS, 2011). Institutions dealing with human rights, as well as others, promote their own opinion.

Discussion.

Death Penalty in Different Countries.

The death penalty was previously a part of the justice system in the majority of the countries around the world. The countries that no longer make use of the death penalty are Australia, Austria, New Zealand, Canada, United Kingdom, Spain, South Africa, Turkey, Israel, Germany, France.

There are a number of other countries like Denmark, Norway, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Sweden, Venezuela, Romania, Hong Kong, Cyprus, Philippines, Netherlands, Belgium, Brazil, Bhutan and Bulgaria that have also stopped using the sentence of death. There are 20 countries of the world that use the death penalty as the last resort or only punishment for criminals. The countries include: United States, China, India, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Tonga, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Belarus, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Mongolia, Cuba, Singapore, North Korea, and Malaysia.

Current and Past Methods.

Capital punishment is not a recent phenomenon and has been around for centuries. The methods have changed, and possibly have become more civilized. The past methods used for the death penalty were burning, boiling, crucifixion, crushing, dismemberment, executive by elephants, sawing, ...