Crime And Punishment Flashcards
Why do chrtissn belive everyone is capable of sin
Parable of sheep’s and goats
Evil is caused by humans misusing their free will
They’re born with original sin
How does Allah judge deeds
Islam teaches that Allah is merciful and those who do goo deeds get rewarded
People who intend to do somthing good will help them on judgment day
How is law essential for societies
Law of the state defines what’s right and wrong
Rule of law is what protects people
Uk laws are made by parliament and enforced by courts
How do sins and crimes differ
Christians
Sun is when a religous law is broken
Crimes are when state law as are broken
What is the shari’ah law
Muslims have a clear and detailed religous law this is offern the basis for state law
What crimes break religous law and teachings
Christians are strongly against murder and theft as they break the Ten Commandments
Islam the Koran condemns murder and theft
What is crime caused by
Poverty-turn to crime out of desperation
Upbringing-if growing up around crime it’s normal to them
Mental illness -they don’t full understand the difference between legal and illegal
Addiction-doing illegals things to find their addiction
Greed-to get somthing they want illegally
How to Christian’s work to prevent crime
Christians have defined laws to fight for what’s right
Christian groups play their part to prevent crime eg street pastors
How do Muslims belibe crime interupts the realtionship with Allah
Life of crime dosnt allow Muslims to focus on their religion
Muslim are taught to follow the teachings of Koran to give their child the best possible upbringing
Islam teaches Muslims to speak up about unjust laws
How can forgiveness reunite people
Forgiveness means stop being angry with someone who’s done somthing wrong
It’s important to forgive criminals so they can be reconciled with the community
Restorative justice is where the offender might meet people who’ve suffered becasue of them
How does christanity teach forgiveness comes from love
Jesus taught that god is always ready to forgive and that chrtisians must accept the forgiveness and forgive other in return
How does Islam teach that Allah is forgiving
Muslims can seek retribution for injuries but are encouraged to forgive
Muhammed was forgiving muslims SHOUKD follow in example
But some crimes are seen as awful they can’t be forgiven
What the Christian aims of punishment
Should be punished in a just way
People should look at their own behaviour beffoe judging others
Christians prefer deference and protection these male communities less dangerous
What are the Islamic punishments
Muslims belive in reformation
The Quran aslo mentions punishments like whipping that’s carried out public ally aim to deter the criminals
What are the differnt types of punishments and against
Corporal punishments punished through physical pain
Prisoners have human rights many argue corporal punishments go against thag
Why are Christian’s faint corporal punishments
Prisoners have the right to be treated fairly many want better conditions in prisons
Some belibe prison should be bad to make offenders rethink why they’re there
What Islamic laws permit corporal punishment
Koran teaches prisoners should be treated fairly
Under shari’ah law corpral punishment is permissible for certain crimes
For and against death penalty
For
Execution means they can’t reoffend
Better deterent
Suffering criminal could prevent people hurt by offerenders from offending
Against
Capital punishment is just as bad as murder
Dosnt give offender chance to reform
Life is special and should be preserved
Why do Christian’s have mixed views on capital punishment
It dosnt allow reformation or show mercy
How does Islamic law allow the death penalty
The qur an outlines crimes punishable by death
