<div dir="ltr"><div>If the death penalty is a questionable deterrent,  as convincingly argued by some criminologists,</div><div><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/04/30/theres-still-no-evidence-that-executions-deter-criminals/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/04/30/theres-still-no-evidence-that-executions-deter-criminals/</a></div><div>it can be proposed that punishments are not the best motivation for good behavior.</div><div><br></div><div>Rewards for good behavior are recognized as being more effective than punishment for bad behavior.</div><div><br></div><div>In the case of a student who makes a bomb threat to avoid a test in school, the youth in question over time if rewarded for honesty and integrity in behavior would not consider lying about a bomb threat acceptable.</div><div><br></div><div>The following article focuses on pre-adolescent children, but the results may extent to later years:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/family-affair/200809/rewards-are-better-punishment-here-s-why">https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/family-affair/200809/rewards-are-better-punishment-here-s-why</a></div><div><h2>Rewards are Better than Punishment: Here’s Why</h2><div>          Why rewards are more effective than punishment--with children. </div><div>       </div><div><div id="fb-root"><div style="width:0px;height:0px"><div></div></div><div style="width:0px;height:0px"><div></div></div></div>

<div>Posted Sep 25, 2008 </div><div>---------------------------------------</div><div>Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett</div></div></div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 7:14 PM, Sunil Ramalingam <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com" target="_blank">sunilramalingam@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid">


<div><div dir="ltr">You sure are speculating a lot; one-upmanships, hoaxes that may develop into something considerably more threatening.<br><br>I'll bet some kid wasn't ready for a test. I'm sure the kid will be punished, and punishment is appropriate. But if you think some bold proclamation of punishment will serve as deterrent to the next dummy, you're fooling yourself. <br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mj6B4DtNyM" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mj6B4DtNyM</a><br><br><br><div><hr><span>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Bomb threat forces Moscow Middle School evacuation, closure for day<br></span>From: <a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a><br>Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 18:45:50 -0800<br>CC: <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com" target="_blank">sunilramalingam@hotmail.com</a><div><div class="h5"><br><br><div>Punishment must be imposed stipulating that this behavior will not be tolerated . . . before "bomb hoaxes" degenerates into a game of one-upmanship.</div><div><br><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)" href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">  </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"There's room at the top they are telling you still.</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">- John Lennon</span></div></div><div><br>On Feb 16, 2016, at 6:06 PM, Sunil Ramalingam <<a href="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com" target="_blank">sunilramalingam@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote><div>


<div dir="ltr">Tom,<br><br>Punishment won't do much to prevent future hoaxes. Kids are impulsive, don't think they're going to be caught, and very, very, rarely do they consider consequences. Deterrence isn't a factor in their world. <br><br>Sunil<br><br><div><hr>From: <a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a><br>Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 13:17:40 -0800<br>To: <a href="mailto:keim153@gmail.com" target="_blank">keim153@gmail.com</a><br>CC: <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Bomb threat forces Moscow Middle School evacuation,      closure for day<br><br><div>Hoax or not, punishment MUST be imposed and publicly announced to prevent future "hoaxes"; hoaxes that may develop into something considerably more threatening.<br><br><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)" href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">  </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"There's room at the top they are telling you still.</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">- John Lennon</span></div></div><div><br>On Feb 16, 2016, at 1:13 PM, Darrell Keim <<a href="mailto:keim153@gmail.com" target="_blank">keim153@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote><div><div dir="ltr"><div>FYI:</div><div><br></div><div>The principal has now sent out a note saying someone admitted to making the threat as a hoax.  School still closed for the day.</div></div><div><br><div>On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 12:38 PM, Tom Hansen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote style="padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid"><div dir="auto"><div>Courtesy of <i>Moscow-Pullman Daily News </i>at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://dnews.com/bomb-threat-forces-moscow-middle-school-evacuation-closure-for-day/article_e9d360fe-d4e5-11e5-8974-a779c89dbeee.html?mode=jqm" target="_blank">http://dnews.com/bomb-threat-forces-moscow-middle-school-evacuation-closure-for-day/article_e9d360fe-d4e5-11e5-8974-a779c89dbeee.html?mode=jqm</a></div><div><br></div><div>---------------------------------</div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><h1 style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Bomb threat forces Moscow Middle School evacuation, closure for day</h1>Moscow Middle School has been evacuated and will close for the day due to a bomb threat found within the school.<br></span><div><div style="text-align:center"><div></div></div></div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><span>School Superintendent Greg Bailey sent an alert email to middle school parents just after 11:30 a.m., alerting them of the closure.<br></span><span>Students and staff were initially evacuated to nearby Oylear Field, and will be relocated to Moscow High School, where parents can pick up children at the Third Street entrance. Parents are asked to check out children with school personnel on site.<br></span></span></div><div>---------------------------------<br><br><div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"Moscow Cares"</span></div><div><a style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)" href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><span><font color="#888888"><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">  </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div>    </div></font></span></div></div></div><br>=======================================================<br>
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