Crime and Punishment

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1 What is crime?
An offence which is punishable by law
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2 What is punishment?
Something legally done to somebody as a result of being found guilty of breaking the law
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3 What is Good?
An action which is morally or legally correct
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4 What is evil?
A force of personification of a negative power that is seen in many traditions as destructive against God
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5 What is the Law?
The system of rules which a particular country or community recognises as regulating the actions of its members
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6 What is civil law?
Law concerned with private relations between members of a community
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7 What is criminal law?
A system concerned with the punishment of offenders breaking laws
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8 What are some reasons for crime?
Poverty/greed,Family relationships,Peer pressure,Violent Media,Alcohol/drugs and Mental illness
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9 When did Jamie Bulger get abducted?
February 1993
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10 What were the reasons for their behaviour?
Parents had separated,difficulties with attendance,both violent and used to bunk off school at age 10
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11 What were the key factors that drove them to result to crime?
Older siblings being punished,one had a mother who was an alcoholic,deprivation and children with extreme behavioural problems
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12 Islam - God will forgive your wrongs
"God is all forgiving,all merciful" (Quran 64:14)
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13 Christianity - God will help you - belief that people in prison should recieve rehabilitation
"For i was in prison and you came to visit me" (matthew 25:34-36)
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14 Muslim beliefs about forgiveness
Believe that everything in your life has consequences. However some unforgiveable crimes are more important than smaller crimes such as community crimes
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15 Christian beliefs about forgiveness
Sin is a part of human nature and that it can be overcome.However the bible does outline the difference between right and wrong in the 10 commandments
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16 What is retribution?
to seek revenge
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17 What is Deterrence?
trying to stop something before it happens
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18 What is Reformation?
to change someones behaviour for the better through help eg:therapy
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19 What is vindication?
an aim or punishment means offenders must be published to show that the law must be respected and is right
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20 What is Reparation?
an aim of punishment designed to help an offender put something back into society
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21 Christian quote - do not take revenge
" Do not take revenge ,my dear friends...do not be overcome by evil ,but overcome evil with good" (Romans 12:19-21)
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22 Islamic quote - forgive
" to forgive is closer to piety" (Quran 2:237)
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23 Opinion on Retribution (revenge)
Seeking revenge against the perpetrator is wrong especially about the death penalty as it doesnt teach the person anything
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24 Opinion on Deterrence (stopping before it happens)
By putting up sentences it will deter people from wanting to commit the crime. However the englands sentences are extremely low compared to other 1st world countries
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25 Opinion on Reformation (changing behaviours)
Money should be spent to help the offenders so they can be released back into society having learnt something
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26 What is prison?
A secure building where offenders are kept for a period of time set by a judge
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27 What is corporal punishment?
Punishment of the offender causing them physical pain
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28 What is community service?
a way of punishing offenders by making them do unpaid work in the community
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29 What are the positives of prison?
You can rehabilitate,utilise your skills,gain privileges and get education
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30 What are the negatives of prison?
officers can lose control if rebellions are caused and there is an ongoing drugs issue
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31 Christianity Prison quote - God may grant salvation
"For the LORD hears the needy and does not despise his own people who are prisoners" (pslam 69:33)
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32 Islam prison quote - God will forgive your sins but not forget
"If anyone repents after his wrongdoing and makes amends ,God will accept his repentance"(Quran 39:40)
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33 When was corporal punishment banned in the UK?
1987
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34 When were the human rights published?
1988
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35 When was the chastising act brought into action?
2014
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36Islam quote - corporal punishment - applicable to some certain countries
"cut off the hands of thieves ,whether they are man or woman ,as punishment for what they have done - a deterrent from God" (Quran 5:38)
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37 Christianity quote - corporal punishment - if you dont punish they will rebel again
"He who spares the rod hates their children,but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them" (proverbs 13:24)
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38 What is the death penalty?
Punishment by execution
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39 Give some examples of execution
hanging,firing squad,lethal injection,beheading and the electric chair
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40 When was the death penalty abolished in the UK?
1965
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41 Where has the death penalty been abolished?
UK,australia,texas and florida
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42 Where has the death penalty been kept?
China,India,Pakistan,Iran and Jamaica
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43 Where has the death penalty been kept but not used?
Brazil,Argentina and Chile
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44 What is Utilitarianism?
an ethical theory which states that an action is morally correct if it creates greatest happiness for others
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45 Why is the death penalty good?
Utilitarianism, the offenders cannot reoffend if they are dead and provides closure for the victims families
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46 Why is the death penalty bad?
breaches 2 human rights (right to live and right to be free from torture),could wrongly accuse someone and you cant bring them back to life,no evidence that it deters crime and the justice discriminates against ethnic minorities
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47 What is the purpose of forgiving in christianity?
letting go of hatred and anger,not feeling trapped,living life to the fullest,forgiving others because God forgave us and they can learn from their mistakes
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48 Christianity - forgiveness quote
"Forgive them for they know not what they do" (Luke 23:34)
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49 Christianity - forgiveness quote 2
"Forgive us our sins,as we forgive those who sin against us"( the lords prayer)
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50 What is the purpose of forgiving in Islam?
recognise the sin,reafirm that God is merciful and forgiving and intention to know not to repeat the wrongdoing
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51 Islam - forgiveness quote - forgiveness from the person will give you indirect forgiveness from God
"let them pardon and forgive.Do you not wish that God should forgive you?God is most forgiving and merciful" (Quran 24:22)
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52 Christian case study - forgiveness - Maureen Greaves
Maureen Greaves - forgave her husbands killers after they brutally attacked him. However this didnt come easily and she found her faith through forgiving
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53 Islam case study - forgiveness - Abdollahs mother
It was in Abdollahs mothers hands to decide whether her sons killer Bilal should be hanged.She was permitted to remove the chair from under him due to Shari'ah law however she slapped him and brought him down .He was imprisoned
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54 What do christians believe about the suffering of others?
They believe that people can make decisions for themselves which ultimately will affect your afterlife
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55 What do muslims believe about the suffering of others?
Everything is already predestined by God however you have the ability to make the wrong decisions and suffer the consequences
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