Theme E Knowledge

Question 1

Crime

Answer 1

Any action that breaks the law

Question 2

Justice

Answer 2

Fairness: in the legal system, this is the idea that people who commit crime should be given a fitting punishment

Question 3

Civil disobedience

Answer 3

Purposefully breaking the law as a form of protest because you believe the law to be unjust or you want to bring attention to your cause

Question 4

Divided will

Answer 4

• Humans know what is right and yet are often drawn to doing what is wrong
• there is an internal battle within ourselves all the time to overcome this but our willpower is often weak and we fall to sin

Question 5

The fall

Answer 5

How humans fell from God’s grace and from God’s expectations hen Adam and Eve were tempted by evil and disobeyed the rules that God asked them to live by

Question 6

Original sin

Answer 6

The idea that every human is born separated from God and with an incantation towards sin. Original sin is a part of being human

Question 7

Reason

Answer 7

This allows humans to know what is right and to understand what is right

Question 8

What story is the woman being caught in adultery

Answer 8

John 8:1-11

Question 9

Retribution

Answer 9

• Society is going to get, on behalf of the victim, its own revenge on the offender
• criminals should receive the same injuries an and damage that they caused their victim

Question 10

Deterrence

Answer 10

• to put people off committing crimes

Question 11

Reformation

Answer 11

To change someone’s behaviour for the better

Question 12

Sanctity of life

Answer 12

The belief that life is sacred because it comes from God and should be therefore always valued and protected

Question 13

The principle of utility

Answer 13

A philosophical principle that says an action is right if it brings about the greatest amount happiness for the greatest amount of people

Question 14

Elizabeth fry

Answer 14

• Quaker
• 1780-1845
• campaigned for prison reform
• changed the law that woman + kids had to go to prison with their husbands and also created a fund to provide for families who’s father’s went to prison
• she campaigned for prison guards to teach prisoners how to read

Question 15

Paulist prison ministry

Answer 15

Catholic Church provides prison chaplain

Question 16

Alternative violence project

Answer 16

• Quaker
  1. In prisons, young offenders institutes, areas where crime is high
  2. Workshops + training: interview training, qualifications, learning a trade

Question 17

What year did UK abolish death penalty

Answer 17

1969

Question 18

Who are amnesty international

Answer 18

A global organisation that campaigns for human rights. They’re independent of governments, religions and political ideologies

Question 19

Helen prejean and death penalty

Answer 19

Helen Prejean actively works to abolish the death penalty in the U.S. by:

• Serving as a spiritual advisor to death row inmates.
• Speaking at events, universities, and churches to raise awareness.
• Lobbying lawmakers and supporting legal efforts to end capital punishment.
• Running the Ministry Against the Death Penalty, which educates and advocates for abolition.
• Writing books and articles to expose flaws in the justice system.

Question 21

Who is Helen prejean

Answer 21

Helen Prejean is a Catholic nun who advocates against the death penalty in the U.S.

Question 22

European convention of human rights

Answer 22

Protocol number 13 prohibits UK from death penalty

Question 23

Corporal punishment

Answer 23

Inflicting pain as a form of punishment

Question 24

Community service

Answer 24

Unpaid work as a form of punishment

Question 25

Forgiveness

Answer 25

Pardoning someone for what they have done wrong

Question 26

Reconciliation

Answer 26

Working to restore a relationship after someone has done something wrong - fixing a relationship and moving on

Question 27

Restorative justice programme

Answer 27

A scheme within prisons where victims and offenders meet face to face, aiming at reconciliation

Question 28

Hate crime

Answer 28

Crime against someone else based on prejudice + stereotype