How Might Shaming Work to Rehabilitate an Offender

question 62

Multiple Choice

How might shaming work to rehabilitate an offender?

• A) It locks the offender in a permanent state of shame.
• B) It lets the offender deny any wrongdoing.
• C) It processes the shame in the offender in such a way that social bonds between the offender and the community can be rebuilt.
• D) It processes the shame in the offender such that he or she will be much more fearful of committing another crime.

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Definitions:

Oedipus Complex

A Freudian theory proposing a child's unconscious desire for the opposite-sex parent and jealousy toward the same-sex parent.

Erogenous Zones

Specific areas of the human body that have heightened sensitivity, which, when stimulated, can produce a sexual response or pleasure.

Latency Stage

A phase in Freudian psychosexual development occurring from around age six to puberty, characterized by a decrease in overt sexual interests and the development of social and intellectual skills.

Orally Fixated

A psychoanalytic concept suggesting that an individual is focused on oral pleasures such as eating or smoking, stemming from early childhood.