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GCSE RS Themes: A, B, D, E > Theme E- Crime & Punishment > Flashcards

Theme E- Crime & Punishment Flashcards

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Evil

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Opposite of good, force/ personification of negative power that works against God

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Reasons for Crime (6)

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  • Greed
  • Poverty
  • Addiction
  • Mental illness
  • Upbringing
  • Hate
    Opposition to unjust law
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Reasons for Crime: GREED

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Wanting something not given voluntarily/ or needed

  • TEN COMMANDMENTS: do not covet
  • THREE POISONS: greed
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Reasons for Crime: POVERTY

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Being without money/ basic need of life

  • TEN COMMANDMENTS: do not steal
  • 2nd MORAL PRECEPT: avoid taking what isn’t freely given
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Reason for Crime: ADDICTION

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Physical/ mental dependency on a substance

  • Against illegal drugs, support rehab, alcohol in moderation
  • 5th MORAL PRECEPT: avoid taking intoxicants
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Reason for Crime: MENTAL ILLNESS

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Medical condition affecting person’s moods/ emotions

  • Treating causes is most important
  • Distortion leads to suffering on others and themselves
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Reasons for Crime: UPBRINGING

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Way a child was brought up and influences on them

  • Parents should teach children right way to behave
  • Supportive conditions to develop sensitivity to others
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Reasons for Crime: HATE

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Opposite of love

  • Jesus taught to ‘love thy neighbour’
  • THREE POISONS: hatred
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Reason for Crime: OPPOSITION TO UNJUST LAW

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Protests against laws against people’s beliefs

  • No violence then ok
  • May disobey a law that expresses hatred/ prejudice
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Aims of Punishment: RETRIBUTION

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Get your own back

  • ‘…overcome evil with good’ OR ‘eye for an eye’
  • ‘we should not… reply to their crimes with other crimes’
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Aims of Punishment: DETERRENCE

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Put people off committing crime

  • Not support excessively harsh punishments, oppose public punishments
  • May not work but motive is punishment not protection of society
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Aims of Punishment: REFORMATION

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Change someone’s behaviour for the better

  • Favour it as positive not negative, not as replacement
  • Favour it to recognise suffering caused and become more sensitive
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Types of Punishments: PRISON

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Loss of liberty

  • Support, treated well, involved in positive things
  • Primary aim to protect society, provide space for rehab
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Types of Punishments: CORPORAL PUNISHMENT

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Inflicting physical pain

  • Do not support, no reform, no respect, harmful
  • Expresses violence, encourages resentment
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Types of Punishments: COMMUNITY SERVICE

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Work in community

  • Approve, allows making up for their wrong, deters and realise consequences
  • Approve, rehab and addresses impact of crime
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Forgiveness

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Showing mercy and pardoning someone for the wrong they have done

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Free will

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Ability of people to make decisions for themselves without constraint

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Attitudes to Death Penalty: FOR (Non-Religious) (3)

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  • Principle of utility
  • Justified retribution
  • Protects society
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Attitudes to Death Penalty: AGAINST (Non- Religious) (4)

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  • Chance of killing an innocent
  • Little evidence for DP being effective
  • Not right to take another’s life
  • Imprisoning still protects society
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Attitudes to Death Penalty: CHRISTIANITY (3)

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  • Sanctity of Life
  • Ezekiel 33:11 teaches reformation not execution
  • Some: Jesus: ‘love thy enemy’
  • Some: Jesus: ‘eye for an eye’
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Attitudes to Death Penalty: BUDDHISM (3)

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  • 1st Moral Precept & no possibility of reformation
  • Makes revenge part of justice system
  • Not possible to relieve suffering of victim by making offender suffer
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Attitudes to Forgiveness: CHRISTIANITY (4)

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  • Jesus forgave those who executed him
  • No limit to amount of forgiveness shown to someone
  • God expects them to show it so He can forgive them
  • Forgiveness not a replacement for punishment
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Attitudes to Forgiveness: BUDDHISM (3)

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  • If people don’t forgive, they suffer
  • Principle of Karma: forgiving still means consequences
  • Bring about reconciliation
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Attitudes to Suffering: CHRISTIANITY (3)

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  • Have a duty to help those suffering- follow example of Jesus
  • Try not to cause suffering to others
  • Suffering strengthens someone’s character and faith
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Attitudes to Suffering: BUDDHISM (3)

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  • Inevitable part of life
  • Must accept it as a part of life
  • Try to avoid causing others suffering

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