Crime and Punishment
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- Created on: 04-04-16 16:43
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- Crime and Punishment
- Why do we need laws?
- 1) WE LIVE IN GROUPS. ANY GROUP NEEDS RULES SO PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO BEHAVE
- 2) TO PROTECT THE WEAK FROM THE STRON
- 3) TO KEEP EVERY-THING ORGANISED
- 4) SO HARD WORK IS REWARDED. (SOCIETY WOULD NOT FUNCTION WITHOUT LAWS)
- Reasons for link between law and justice
- 1. UNJUST LAW= PEOPLE BREAKING THE LAW= BREAK DOWN OF SOCIETY
- 3. PEOPLE WILL NOT OBEY UNJUST LAWS & CAMPAIGN AGAINST IT e.g. racial inequality in USA
- 2. UNJUST LAWS DO NOT FUFIL PURPOSE (REWARD FOR HARD WORK)
- 4. IF LAWS DON'T CREATE JUST SOCIETY= PEOPLE THINK LEGAL SYSTEM ISN'T WORKING= CIVIL WAR
- Theories of Punishment
- RETRIBUTION- criminals should pay for their crime
- PUNISHMENT SHOULD REFLECT CRIME e.g. if murder they should be killed & VICTIMS SUFFER SO SHOULD CRIMINAL
- DETERRENCE- put people off committing the crime
- SEVERE PUNISHMENT= THEY ARE LESS LIKELY TO OFFEND
- REFORM- taught not to offend
- MAKES THEM LAW-ABIDING CITIZEN. CRIMINALS ARE A RESULT OF THEIR UPBRINGING. STOPS THE NEED TO BE A CRIMINAL
- PROTECTION- protect society from criminals & their actions
- THEY CAN NO LONGER OFFEND. KEEPS THEM FROM THE STREETS. REMOVES FROM SOCIETY.
- RETRIBUTION- criminals should pay for their crime
- Why is justice important for..
- CHRISTIANS
- GOD IS JUST
- BIBLE SAYS TO TREAT PEOPLE FAIRLY
- JESUS- 'RICH SHARE W/ POOR'
- CHURCHES HAVE MANY STATEMENTS ABT HOW THEY SHOULD WORK FOR JUSTICE IN THE WORLD
- MUSLIMS
- ALLAH IS JUST
- BASIS OF 'THE LAST DAY' TEACHING= JUSTICE, GOOD= REWARDED
- TAUGHT THAT THEY HAVE TO BEHAVE JUSTLY TOWARDS OTHERS
- TEACHES THAT ALL SHOULD HAVE EQUAL RIGHTS BEFORE THE LAW
- PILLAR ZAKAH= BASED ON JUSTICE
- CHRISTIANS
- Attitudes to Capital Punishment
- For
- IT IS THE GREATEST DETERRENT
- PROTECTS SOCIETY AS CRIMINAL CAN'T RE-OFFEND
- SHOWS HOW SOCIETY VALUES HUMAN LIFE
- =RETRIBUTION FOR MURDER
- BIBLE USES IT
- THE CHURCH HAS USED IT FOR HERESY
- PUNISHMENT IS SET DOWN BY ALLAH IN QU'RAN
- PROP. MUHAMMAD AGREED WITH THE USE
- SHARI'AH USES IT AS PUNISHMETN FOR MURDER
- PROP. MUHAMMAD USED IT
- Against
- RECOMMENDED BY QUR'AN BUT NOT A MUST
- SHARI'AH ALLOWS BLOOD MONEY FROM MURDERER INSTEAD
- JESUS CAME TO REFORM SINNERS. IMPOSSIBLE IF THEY ARE DEAD.
- JESUS BANNED RETRIBUTION
- CHRISTIANS- LIFE IS HOLY
- WRONG CONVITIONS
- DOESN'T DECREASE CRIME RATES
- CAN MAKE MURDERS KILL MORE
- TERRORIST CAN BE MADE MARTYRS
- For
- Why do we need laws?
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