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Capital punishment

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Death penalty. Government sanctioned punishment where a person is put to death by the state.

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Community service order

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Punishment of a crime. Criminal carries out between 40 and 300 hours of unpaid work, depending on severity of crime.

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Conscience

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Person’s moral sense of right and wrong, viewed as acting as a guide to one’s behaviour.

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Corporal punishment

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Punishment that encompasses all types of physical punishment. E.g. unpleasant substances, slapping, pinching, flogging.

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Crime

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Criminal act. Action prohibited by law and individual’s failure to act as required by law.

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Deterrence

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Threat of punishment will deter people from committing suture crimes.

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Duty

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Moral or legal obligation to uphold the law, a responsibility.

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Evil

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Manifestation of profound immorality and wickedness, especially in people’s actions

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Forgiveness

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Conscious, deliberate decision to release feelings of resentment. Not forgetting or condoning offences.

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Hate crime

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Maintained by prejudice on the basis of race, religion, sexual orientation or other grounds.

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Imprisonment

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Specific state of being physically incarnated or confined in an institutional setting such a prison.

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Justice

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Concept of moral rightness based on ethics, rationality and law. Can refer to a person duly commissioned to hold court sessions.

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Law

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System of rules which a particular country/community recognises as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties.

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Order

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State in which the laws and rules regulating public behaviour are observed and authority is obeyed.

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Parole

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Temporary/permanent release of a prisoner before the expiry of a sentence on the promise of good behaviour.

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Probation order

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Serving sentence but not in prison. Made between 6 months and 3 years.

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Protection

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Legal or other formed measure intended to preserve civil liberties and rights.

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Reformation

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Make changes in (something, especially an institution or practice) in order to improve it.

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Reparation

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Making amends for a wrong by providing payment or other assistance to those who have been wronged.

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Retribution

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Punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong/criminal act.

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Victim

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A person harmed, injured or killed as a result as a crime, accident or other event or action.

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Vindication

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Action of clearing someone of blame or suspicion. Proof that someone/something is right, reasonable or justified.

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Young offenders

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Young person who has been convicted or cautioned for a criminal offence. Criminal from 14 to 17 years of age.