Crime And Punishment key words

Question 0

Capital punishment

Answer 0

The death penalty for a crime or offence

Question 1

Addiction

Answer 1

A recurring compulsion to engage in an activity regardless of it’s bad effects

Question 2

Crime

Answer 2

An act against the law

Question 3

Deterrence

Answer 3

The idea that punishments should be of such a nature that they would put people off committing crimes

Question 4

Judgement

Answer 4

The act of judging people and their actions

Question 5

Justice

Answer 5

The due allocation of reward and punishment- the maintenance of what is right

Question 6

Law

Answer 6

Rules made by Parliament and enforceable by the courts

Question 7

Reform

Answer 7

The idea that punishments should try to change the criminals so that they will not commit crimes again

Question 8

Rehabilitation

Answer 8

Restore to normal life

Question 9

Responsibility

Answer 9

Being responsible for one’s actions

Question 10

Retribution

Answer 10

The idea that punishment should make criminals pay for what they have done wrong

Question 11

Sin

Answer 11

An act again God