On the surface, it is easy to look at what happened and determine that the punishment fits the crime. But the NFL's own ...

Discover why punishment-based prisons fail, and how psychology offers a more humane and effective path to justice.

About 2000 men, women, and teenagers currently wait on America's "death row." Their time grows shorter as federal and state courts increasingly ratify death penalty laws, allowing executions to ...

The punishment already inflicted by the majority on such a one is enough; you should now relent and support him so that he may not be crushed by too great a weight of sorrow. 2 Cor. 2:6-7 Indulgences ...

Spanking and other forms of corporal punishment of children are still common in the US and worldwide, despite bans in 24 countries. Spanking has declined in the U.S. since 1975 but nearly 80 percent ...

Corporal punishment has declined so rapidly in the United States in the last 15 years that many people think it’s practically nonexistent in modern American public schools. To the contrary, more than ...

Positive punishment is a form of behavior modification. In this case, the word “positive” doesn’t refer to something pleasant. Positive punishment is adding something to the mix that will result in an ...

Behavioral psychology says that punishment is an ineffective motivational tool, because its effects are only temporary. While punishment may suppress undesirable behavior temporarily, it fails to ...

The scriptural concept of collective blessing challenges the pervasive logic that seems to be holding this country ...

Over the past week, Adrian Peterson, the Minnesota Vikings' all-world running back and one of the NFL's biggest stars, has become the face of corporal punishment in America. Peterson turned himself in ...