The Practice — Shame as Punishment

In Becker’s reasonable design of criminal activity, theorists anticipate that crooks method the advantage got from dedicating criminal offenses with the anticipated expenses of dedicating the criminal activity. Those expenses usually consist of prison time or fines, however some crooks might not be prevented by those charges. Embarassment might be an extra penalty that individuals are most likely to wish to prevent if the penalty is public in nature. In this scene from The Practice, the judge appoints a shaming penalty in an effort to discourage future crooks who might dedicate comparable criminal offenses.