Crime and Punishment
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- Created on: 11-03-19 18:05
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- Crime and Punishment
- Crime
- Definition - a crime is when a law is broken
- Our conscience might conflict with the law, but the law's designed to be fair
- Types of crime:
- Crimes against the person
- E.g ****, murder, GBH
- Crimes against the property
- E.g. arson, theft, vandalism
- Crimes against the state
- E.g. terrorism, treason, speeding
- Religious crimes
- E.g. blasphemy, heresy,
- Crimes against the person
- Types of crime:
- Punishment
- Aims of punishment
- Protection
- Where the punishment protects the public and the criminal
- Retribution
- A punishment that allows for revenge
- Deterrence
- Where the punishment puts other criminals off
- Reparation
- Where the criminal has to fix what he's done
- Reformation
- Where the punishment aims to make the criminal a better person
- Vindication
- Where people feel they've got justice
- Capital Punishment
- For
- Is less expensive than prison
- Allows for retribution on behalf of the victim's family
- Can gurantee that the criminal won't re-offend: keeps the public safe
- It's allowed in Shari'ah law, and the prophet Muhammad allowed it
- Against
- Human life is sacred and shouldn't be taken
- It allows no chance of reparation or reformation
- Can wrongly convict a criminal
- Is against the 10 Commandme-nts to kill
- No evidence to suggest lower crime rate
- For
- Protection
- Aims of punishment
- Religious PoV on C&P
- Islam perspective
- Allows CP in some countries for murder, adultery and apostasy
- However, some Muslims disagree with the idea of CP
- Have mixed opinions regarding C&P
- Shari'ah Law is the law dictated by the Qur'an
- Not all Muslims agree with Shari'ah Law, as it's very harsh
- Christianity perspective
- Some Christians believe in CP - "an eye for an eye"
- Most don't, as Jesus taught forgiveness and to "leave vengeance to the Lord"
- Have mixed opinions regarding C&P
- Christianity teaches that the law must be followed unless it is unjust
- If you commit a crime, you're also sinning in God's eyes
- Some Christians believe in CP - "an eye for an eye"
- Islam perspective
- Religious Quotes
- Christianity
- "Love thy neighbour"
- "Pray for those who persecute you"
- "Forgive your brother 70 x 7
- Islam
- Christianity
- Crime
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