Torchwood Sins and Virtues Prologue: Justice in Torchwood

[crabby_lioness]

Torchwood Sins and Virtues Prologue:  Justice in Torchwood

I'm going to post about the various sins and virtues of the Torchwood characters, starting with Owen.  It didn't take me long to realize I first needed to post about justice in Torchwood.

There's more than one system of justice in the world.  Anthropologists sometimes distinguish between "

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[eumenidis]

I'm not familiar with anthropological classes of justice systems, & I'm sure the definitions are more complex than the brief description you're able to give here, but I agree that a village justice system is applied to the members of Torchwood. I can see, though, why some people would feel that there was no justice in Torchwood; long before the junior members' mutiny, each one had committed offences for which a less lenient village chieftain (ie, Jack) could have applied the maximum penalty.

[crabby_lioness]

Not necessarily. The maximum penalty was usually reserved for multiple murderers, and I can think of one case where it was only used for serial killers.

[eumenidis]

I assume you're referencing actual field studies. I'm more familiar with archaeology, & civilizations populous enough that the Imperial form of justice would be the one applied, but I seem to vaguely recall that different cultures varied in the strictness or imposing penalties. However, I can't recall anything specific, so I defer to your more definitive knowledge.

[crabby_lioness]

Multiple murders or blasphemy, I should have said. It would be interesting to see what Torchwood would consider blasphemy.

[eumenidis]

What would Torchwood consider blasphemy...now THAT is a scary thought. (& do I detect plot bunnies lurking in the high grass?)

[crabby_lioness]

Ooo, bunnies!

[hellenebright]

Which group of societies are you referencing here? That "maximum penalty" thing seems very limited in scope - I can think of archaeo/historical societies where sexual offences also received the severest penalty.