Crime And Punishment Flashcards
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Reform
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Punishments should try to change criminals so that they will not commit crimes again
1
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Law
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Rules made by parliament and enforceable by the courts
2
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Rehabilitation
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Restore to normal life
3
Q
Responsibility
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Being responsible for one’s actions
4
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Retribution
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Punishments should make criminals pay for what they have done wrong
5
Q
Sin
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An act against God
6
Q
Addiction
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A recurring compulsion to engage in an activity regardless of it’s bad effects e.g smoking
7
Q
Capital punishment
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The death penalty for a crime or offence
8
Q
Crime
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An act against the law
9
Q
Deterrence
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Punishments should be of such a nature that they will put people off committing crimes
10
Q
Judgement
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The act if judging people and their actions
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Justice
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Due allocation of reward and punishment or the maintenance of what is right
