The changes in crime and punishment in schools

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The changes in crime and punishment in schools

Abstract

I chose this hypothesis because crime and punishment has changed a lot and I want to see how much it has changed and the pupils’ attitudes towards it.

        The areas I hope to examine are the changes in crime and punishment in schools, how people get punished and what they did to receive that punishment and also the attitude the pupils have towards the punishment.

        The sociological issues involved are:

What is deviance?-What will be considered serious enough to warrant a punishment.

Sexism-Are there different punishments given because of different sexes.

Crime rates in schools.

Discipline.

        

Introduction

My aim is to find out how much crime and punishment has changed in schools and how much the attitude has changed towards the punishment.

        I will look at what pupils get punished for in the present day and what punishments were given and the attitudes towards the punishment.

        This connects to my background material because I can compare the punishments given and the reasons why the punishment was given.

Background

The first context I have used is . The main conclusions of this article are that children were scared of their teachers because they were very strict. The reasons for the came were rude conduct, leaving the playground without permission, sulkiness, answering back, missing Sunday prayers, throwing ink pellets and being late. Pupils got the dunce hat for not learning quickly enough.

        This is relevant to my enquiry because I have found out how the children got punished, what they got punished for and how different it was from today. (See sheet 1).

The second context I have used is  department for education and skills. The main conclusions of this article show us that the most extreme punishment that is used today, expulsion, is given to boys much more than girls. This could be a form of sexism.

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        This is relevant to me enquiry as it shows us how boys and girls are treated differently and punished differently. (See sheet 2).

Therefore, to understand the changes in crime and punishment in schools we need to examine the punishments given and the reason for it in Victorian school and the schools in the present day and the most extreme punishments which can be given to pupils in both Victorian schools and the schools in the present day.

        The contexts show the sociological concepts of sexism and changes over time.

        These concepts are relevant to my aims because I ...

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