Crime and Punishment - Key Words
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- Created on: 19-03-16 16:32
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- Crime and Punishment
- Responsibility
- Being responsible for one’s actions
- Rehabilitation
- To restore to normal life
- Addiction
- A recurring compulsion to engage in an activity regardless ofits bad effects.
- Capital Punishment
- the death penalty for a crime or offence
- Judgement
- The act of judging people and their actions
- Reform
- the idea that punishments should try to change criminals sothey will not commit crimes again
- Retribution
- the idea that punishments should make criminals pay forwhat they have done wrong
- Deterrance
- the idea that punishments should be of such a nature thatthey will put people off (deter) committing crimes
- Justice
- due allocation of reward and punishment, the maintenance ofwhat is right
- Law
- rules made by Parliament and enforceable by the courts
- Crime
- An act against the law.
- Sin
- An act against the will of God
- Responsibility
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