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Crime and punishment Flashcards

1
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Keyword: Crime

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An offence punishable by law.

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Keyword: Sin

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A religious offence.

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Keyword: Punishment

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Something done to a person because they have broken the law.

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Keyword: Retribution

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Punishment that seeks revenge.

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Keyword: Vindication

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Offenders must be punished to show that the law is right and should be respected.

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Keyword: Reformation

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To change a criminals behaviour for the better.

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Keyword: Deterrence

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Punishment that puts other people off committing crimes.

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Keyword: Reparation

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To repay debt to society.

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Keyword: Protection

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Keeping the public from being harmed, threatened or injured by criminals.

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Keyword: Young offenders

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Someone under the age of 18 who has broken the law.

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Keyword: Imprisonment

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When someone is put in prison for committing a crime.

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Keyword: Repentence

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Being truly sorry and changing one’s behaviour for the better so they don’t commit the crime again.

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Keyword: Capital Punishment

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The death penalty.

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Keyword: Community service

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Unpaid work that an offenders performs to benefit the community instead of going to prison.

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Keyword: Electronic Tagging

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A tag which tracks and restricts areas for offender to go.

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Keyword: Fines

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A sum of money paid as punishment for committing the crime.

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Keyword: Probation

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An alternative to prison. The offender must meet with a probation officer regularly to ensure they are not reoffending.

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Keyword: Parole

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When a prisoner is released early from prison as a result of good behaviour and accepting guilt they are put on parole and must meet a parole officer.

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Keyword: Life imprisonment

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A prison sentence which (theoretically) keeps someone in prison until the day they die.

20
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Keyword: Early release

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When a prisoner is released early for good behaviour and accepting guilt.

21
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Keyword: Shari’ah Law

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Islamic Laws derived from the Qur’an.

22
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Keyword: Prison Reform Movement

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A movement that ensures offenders are treated humanely in prison.

23
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What are the three causes of crime?

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Social Reasons
Environmental Reasons
Psychological Reasons

24
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What are the social reasons for crime?

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Young people excluded from school commit majority of crime as they have no guidance.
People from violent and broken homes.

25
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What are the environmental reasons for crime?

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Unemployed people living in crowded and poor conditions turn to crime. An uncared for environment does not encourage responsible behaviour.

26
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What are the psychological reasons for crime?

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70% of all criminals have mental illness or psychological illness.
Violence on television can also influence people to copy it.

27
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What are the three types of crime and give examples?

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Crimes against:
Person - murder
Property - Theft
State - Terrorist activities.

28
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What are the effects of crime? (5)

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Loss of money and possessions, physical and mental suffering, social damage, fear, increased insurance costs.

29
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Why do people commit crimes? (8)

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Be ‘one of the gang’, peer pressure, poor background, unemployment, lack of education, greed, boredom and drug addiction.

30
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What is the aim of protection?

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Protecting society. For example to stop them being murdered by murderers.

31
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What is an example of deterrence?

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Female adulterers in Islamic countries are publically executed.

32
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What is an example of reformation?

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Prisoners being taught skills like bricklaying and plumbing or get a GCSE in Maths and English.

33
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What do Christians believe about law?

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The laws and authorities must be respected as “the authorities have been put there by God”

34
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What do Christians believe is the best way to punish people?

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To forgive and reform them.

35
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Do Christians believe in retribution?

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No.

36
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What do Muslims believe punishment should do?

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Deter people as only Allah can forgive so punishment cannot put right what was wrong.

37
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What are the types of punishments in the UK? (7)

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Probation, parole, care orders, community service, electronic tagging, imprisonment, cautioning.

38
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What is probation?

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Being supervised by a probation officer at regular intervals.

39
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What is parole?

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Something prisoners go on if they are good enough to be released from prison early.

40
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What are Muslim prisons normally like?

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Harsh

41
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Who started the prison reform movement?

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Elizabeth Fry.

42
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What are the arguments for the death penalty? (6)

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Moses taught "an eye for an eye"
It's Deterrence.
It's vindication.
Stops the criminal reoffending.
Cheaper than prison.
43
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What are the arguments against the death penalty? (6)

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Jesus preached forgiveness.
Jesus was an innocent victim of the death penalty.
It is no deterrent.
Mistakes have been made.
Christians believe in the sanctity of life.
It makes society as bad as the criminal.

44
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What do Muslims believe about the death penalty?

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Murders should be killed as they believe in the ‘Law of equal retribution’.

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