Select ONLY ONE question from the list below. Provide a clear, and direct answer to your chosen question. This answer should be supported by an argument, with evidence drawn from the relevant course materials. Students are not required to draw on any research beyond the course materials, though they are welcome to do so if their argument requires it. The essay should be between 1000 and 1500 words. Use the APA citation system.
Questions
Select ONLY ONE of the following questions:
Has the relationship between punishment and religion changed over time in England? Why or why not? In your answer, provide specific examples.
What connections are there between Jeremy Bentham’s utilitarian theory of punishment (as expressed in An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation) and the panopticon (as described in the Panopticon Letters) and his vision of the panopticon?
Olaudah Equiano and Mary Prince present direct and indirect arguments against the institution of slavery. What are these arguments, and what do they tell us about the prevailing justifications for the institution of slavery during the 18th and 19th centuries?
What role did silence play in British and American penal theory in the 18th and 19th centuries?
How did the Andaman Home differ from the other British penal institutions located on the Andaman Islands?
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