http://www.influencerbook.com:80/blog/influencer/tags/braithwaite/ en David Maxfield Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:18:00 GMT Pebble (http://pebble.sourceforge.net) http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.influencerbook.com:80/blog/influencer/1199828940000.html An inmate at Mule Creek State Prison once gave me his perspective on the criminal justice system: &quot;You take a dog, lock it in a tiny cage, then kick it every morning. After five years of this you reach down to let the dog out, and you're surprised when it bites your hand.&quot;<br /> <br /> This reminds me of some parenting I've seen&mdash;moms and dads who yell at their naughty teen and publicly ridicule her, and then are surprised when she continues to act out.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.realjustice.org/library/braithwaite06.html" target="_blank">John Braithwaite</a> 2006 winner of the Stockholm Prize in Criminology, studies the kinds of shame that work, and the kinds that don't. I'd like to share a few of his ideas. Braithwaite distinguishes between two kinds of shame:<br /> <ul> <li><strong>Stigmatic shaming: </strong>Punishments that destroy the bonds between the offender and the community. This is what judges are doing when they make an offender post a sign saying, &quot;a violent felon lives here,&quot; or a bumper sticker saying &quot;I am a drunk driver.&quot;</li> <li><strong>Re-integrative shaming: </strong>These are punishments that give the offender the opportunity to rejoin the community as a law-abiding citizen. The offender is required to express remorse, apologize to the victim, and repair the harm done by the crime.</li> </ul><p><a href="http://www.influencerbook.com:80/blog/influencer/1199828940000.html">Read more...</a></p> http://www.influencerbook.com:80/blog/influencer/1199828940000.html#comments http://www.influencerbook.com:80/blog/influencer/1199828940000.html Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:49:00 GMT