The History, Causes And Enlightenment Of Singapore 's Whipping

Singapore caning is highly distinctive, but it is also one of the most disputedjudicial punishments in the world. By the introductions of the Singapore caninghistory and controversies,we can find that Singapore caning has its own developmentcontext, the Government has its own views of controversies of caning, so we shouldnot simply criticize and negate Singapore caning and we can say it is betweencivilization and barbarism,at least in Singapore, it is suitable.Although there are many disputes of Singapore canning, it exists for a long time,this phenomenon is caused by many factors. First, the pressure of social order isheavy. Since there is pluralistic society,lacking of natural resources,etc., which forcedSingapore retains the canning; Second,authoritarian political system.Singapore caningauthoritarian political system is a concrete manifestation of the institutional level,under the authoritarian regime, the governing philosophy of pragmatism, stronggovernment to protect the system, values like social standard of long-termgovernment chooses to implement caning; Third, characteristics of canning.Singapore caning has low implementation costs and is possessed of significant gains,which make it punish the crime effectively.Long-term presence in Singapore caning regime has brought us a lot ofinspiration. First, we should emphasis on the local resources and have rationaltreatment of external resources; Second, the evolution of penalty is a combination ofunity and diversity; Third, we should recognize the complex relationship betweenlegal and political factors. Visibly, on the one hand canning system is the productionof the combination of Singapore local and external legal resources, on the other hand,canning system as a penal system, its development and direction of the penalty cannot exceed the objective law,so the prospects of canning depend on Singaporeeconomic, political and cultural factors, for now, canning will still continue to exist.