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49 S. Cal. L. Rev. 880 (1975-1976)
Aversion Therapy: Punishment As Treatment and Treatment As Cruel and Unusual Punishment

handle is hein.journals/scal49 and id is 896 raw text is: Aversion Therapy: Punishment As Treatment and Treatment As Cruel and Unusual Punishment TABLE OF CONTENTS I. AVERSION THERAPY: THE BEHAVIORAL MODEL OF PUNISHMENT --------...............-------- 887 A. THEORETICAL BASES FOR AVERSION THERAPY: THE CLASSICAL AND PUNISHMENT CONDITIONING MODELS 891 1. Classical Conditioning -- -.. ------- ................... 892 2. The Punishment Model of Operant Conditioning 893 B. TYPES OF AVERSIVE REINFORCERS AND EXAMPLES OF THEIR APPLICATION 894 1. E lectrical Stim ulation ........................................- 895 2 . D rugs ... . ........................................... . -- -- - - 897 3. Noise ---------- -- -- ----- -----.... ......... 900 4. Time Out and Response Cost Tokens and P rivileg es -. .-....-......... - -----.... .......... ........ 9 0 1 5. Covert Sensitization with Imaginal Reinforcement 902 C. USAGE AND PROBLEMS WITH THE USAGE OF AVERSION THERAPY: CLINICAL AND PRISON PROGRAMS ---------904 II. THE CONSTITUTIONAL THEORY OF PUNISHMENT 913 A. JUSTIFICATION FOR PUNISHMENT: THE PHILOSOPHICAL THEORIES -...----------...............------- 914 1. The Retributivist Doctrine -......................----------- 915 2. The Utilitarian Doctrine --------- 918 a. Deterrence -......------------.-.........--------- - ---- 920 b. Rehabilitation -------- ...------- ..................------------- 921 B. CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT: THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT STANDARD OF REVww -------------------- 925 1. The Dignity of Man Standard of Review ----------- 927 2. The Three Tests: Inherently Cruel and Unusual, Proportionality, and Excessiveness ...................- 934 a. The inherently cruel and unusual punishment test - -----------935 b. The proportionality test ------------------------------ 938 c. The excessiveness test .....................------ 944

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