Have you ever considered the ethicality of the rape penalties? The rape penalties are very highly debatable subject in terms of ethics. Is it right or is it wrong, adequate or inadequate? Many people that are pro-severe penalty have several reasons to support their opinion. However, those who are against the severe penalty feel that they can support their beliefs firmly as well.
Rape as a force making for social injustice includes consideration of the professional criminal and his family. Rarely is such an individual an able provider for those who are rightfully dependent upon him or a stable married man. Convicts are public dependents, and in most cases, so also are their families.
A majority of unmarried men are dull-normal or positively feebleminded. One of the chief ways by which mental defect causes rape is by the debauching of daughters, the breeding of illegitimates and the unrestrained increase of the families of the feebleminded shy men. If the feebleminded could be cared for as the welfare of Society demands, the most serious aspect of the problem of illegitimacy would be solved automatically. So here again, rape as such is not an outstanding cause, it is an attendant circumstance in the operation of mental defect, of overcrowded living conditions, of the alcoholism of parents and their neglect of children.
Penalty is a form of deterrent to rapist, for a major wrong-doing that they have committed. However it is clearly certain that the use of the some penalties is an extremely disputed issue in terms of ethical issues. Whether or not it is ethically, or morally right for a rape that they have been convicted of has been argued upon for decades, and will most likely continue to be for many years to come. The questionnaires containing a number of questions in relation to the above topic and they include:-
- What is your Age? ——————————————————-
- What is your sex? ——————————————————-
- What is your occupation? ———————————————-
- What is your locality? ————————————————–
- What is marital status? ————————————————-
- What is your family composition? ————————————–
- Have you encountered any rape case?
- Yes
- No
- If yes please explain under what circumstances———————————————————-
- Do you feel you have sufficient resources in life to keep it running smoothly?
- Yes
- No
- What is rape in your opinion? How would you define it? ———————————————-
- Are you content with your current penalties for rape cases?
- Yes
- No
- What sort of penalties consider for rape cases?—————————————————————————
- Do you feel that the current penalties for rapists are for correcting or punishing the rapist?
- Punishing correcting
- Explain your view opinion of the role the penalty should play——————————————————–
- Do you wish that penalties should change to stiffer?
- Yes
- No
- If yes explain————————————————————————————————–
- Can the current police gathering evidence system be used as adequate without any substantial changes while collecting rape case evidences?
- Yes
- No
- If no explain ——————————————————————————————————
- Do you have adequate education about effects of rape on the victim?
- Yes
- No
- If yes explain ————————————————————————————————————————
- Do you think commercial workers can be rape?
- Yes
- No
- Explain ——————————————————————————————————————————————–
- Should rapist with HIV/AIDS be given the same penalties as other rapists?
- Yes
- No
- If no explain———————————————————————————————————————————–
- Do consider child rapists as equal as adult rapists?
- Yes
- No
- Do consider child defilers as equal as rapists?
- Yes
- No
- If yes should they be penalized the same way?
- Yes
- No
- Explain ———————————————————————————————————————————————–
The people cooperated well and answered most of the questions included in the questionnaire. There were only a small number of people who were confused regarding one or two questions; otherwise on the whole there was a good feedback from the survey group.