Unit 3 Crime And Punishment

Question 1

Duty?

Answer 1

A moral or legal obligation

Question 2

Responsibility?

Answer 2

A duty to care for or having control over someone or something

Question 3

Conscience ?

Answer 3

The inner feeling you are doing right or wrong

Question 4

Crime against person

Answer 4

Wrong doing that directly Harms a person eg murder

Question 5

Crime against property

Answer 5

Damaging items that belong to somebody else eg vandalism

Question 6

Crime against the state

Answer 6

An offence aimed at damaging the government or country eg treason

Question 7

Punishment?

Answer 7

Something done to a person because they have broken a law

Question 8

Protection

Answer 8

Keeping the public from being harmed

Question 9

Retribution?

Answer 9

To get your own back

Question 10

Deterrence?

Answer 10

To put people off committing crimes

Question 11

Reform?

Answer 11

To change someone’s behaviour for the better

Question 12

Vindication?

Answer 12

Must be punishment to show that the law must be respected and is right

Question 13

Reparation?

Answer 13

Helps put an offended back into society

Question 14

Forgiveness?

Answer 14

Showing grace and mercy and pardoning someone for what they have done wrong

Question 15

Repentance?

Answer 15

Being sorry and trying to change ones behaviour

Question 16

Young offended?

Answer 16

A person under 18 who’s broken the law

Question 17

Imprisionment?

Answer 17

When a person is put in jail for committing a crime

Question 18

Prison reform?

Answer 18

A movement that tries to ensure offenders are treated humanely in prison

Question 19

Death penalty?

Answer 19

Capital punishment - put to death for crimes committed

Question 20

Community service?

Answer 20

Unpaid work that benefits local community

Question 21

Electronic tagging?

Answer 21

An offended has to where an electronic device which tracks movement

Question 22

Fine?

Answer 22

Money paid as punishment for crime

Question 23

Probation?

Answer 23

An alternative to prison where an offended had to meet regularly with probation officer

Question 24

Parole?

Answer 24

Where a prisoner is released without completing their sentence

Question 25

Early release?

Answer 25

A prisoner is allowed out of prison even if they haven't completed their sentence

Question 26

Christianity and crime

Answer 26

They have a duty to challenge unfair laws | But believe in "give back to caesar what is caesar" meaning vindication

Question 27

Christianity and punishment

Answer 27

Believe in forgiveness, reformation (main one) and repentance Taught forgiveness is a virtue (not forgetting though)

Question 28

Buddhism on crime and punishment

Answer 28

Believe in karma so all actions have consequences. If you commit crimes you will suffer in this life or the next but wish to pretect society and don't want retribution as want no harm. Reform. Five moral precepts.

Question 29

Islam on crime and punishment

Answer 29

Death penalties for adultery (detterence and retribution)

Question 30

Social reasons for crime

Answer 30

- when society has nothing to offer (dropped out of school crime is only for money) - materialist society judges on what you have - upbringing (bad parents = bad children) - drugs and gambling - boredom

Question 31

Environmental reasons for crime

Answer 31

- Unemployment - gang culture and peer pressure - inadequate housing and overcrowding

Question 32

Psychological reasons for crime

Answer 32

- have mental problems or disorders - human nature is selfish and greedy - want wealth at any cost - TV and media - copying what they've seen in TV

Question 33

Religious offence?

Answer 33

An offence against a religion like blasphemy

Question 34

Civil law?

Answer 34

A civil case between private individuals

Question 35

Criminal law?

Answer 35

Laws against state or country broken - jury decide if defendant is guilty eg murder which is a indictable offence

Question 36

Hindus on crime and punishment

Answer 36

Believe in karma and use detterrent and reparation in karma as well as retribution in it but it's up to God not them "an eye for an Eye makes the whole world blind"

Question 37

Advantages of prison

Answer 37

Protects public Retribution on criminals Detterrent Vindication

Question 38

Disadvantages of prison

Answer 38

It's expensive Prisoners learn new criminal skills Over crowding Hard to get jobs

Question 39

Crime?

Answer 39

An offence punishable by law eg theft