Crime & Punishment

Question 1

What is crime?

Answer 1

Any offence punishable by law.

Question 2

What is a sin?

Answer 2

A deliberate immoral action that breaks a religious law.

Question 3

What is punishment?

Answer 3

A penalty given to people for a crime or wrong they’ve done

Question 4

What are the 6 aims of punishment?

Answer 4

1. Protection - Removes criminals from society, preventing harm.
2. Retribution - Revenge, so criminal suffers like victim
3. Reparation - Repairing damage done through crime.
4. Vindication - Prove authority of the law.
5. Reformation - Rehabilitating offenders.
6. Deterrence - Put people off committing crimes

Question 5

What is justice?

Answer 5

Fairness in the treatment of people.

Question 6

What is forgiveness?

Answer 6

To give up resentment and the desire to seek revenge against a wrongdoer.