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Week 3 Discussion _Trauma Among Correctional population

Week 3 Discussion _Trauma Among Correctional population

Q Should women receive lighter sentences because they are more likely to be the sole caretakers of young dependent children? Should the children of incarcerated women have special visitation rights? What is the ethical dilemma inherent in these questions?

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I shall start the discussion here with the question about the ethical dilemma first. The first dilemma that arises is that how can there be lesser or different punishment of the same crime simply on the basis of gender. If the crime is same then the punishment must also be the same and gender must not play any defining role here. The second question of dilemma is that, how will the children grow up without their mother. We all know generally mothers are the sole and primary caretaker of the young dependent children. Now these two are very conflicting ideas.