Crime and punishment Flashcards
What does justice mean
Rewarding the good and punishing the bad and making sure it’s fair and right
Laws
Rules made by parliament and enforced by courts
Civil rights
The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality
Malicious
Having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone
Cybercrime
Criminal activities carried out by means of computers and online use
Self-esteem
A persons opinion of how good they are
Causes of crime
Poverty
Upbringing
Drugs
Low self-esteem
Moral evil
Caused by humans misusing the freewill
Natural evil
Suffering that has been caused by natural things e.g. natural disaster
Free will
The idea that humans have been given the freedom to make their own decisions
Imprisonment
Court takes away offenders freedom and sends them to prison for a fixed time period
Suspended sentence
Court imposes a term of imprisonment in a fixed time period and will not happen unless offender commits a crime during the time slot
Community service
Alternative to improvement where offender is required to do unpaid time work in the community
Probation
Offender is placed under supervision and required to be on good behaviour
Fine
Offender is given a fixed amount of money to pay instead of imprisonment
