R.E.2 - Crime and Punishment
Key Words:
Addiction - A recurring compulsion to engage in an activity regardless of its bad effects.
Capital Punishment - The death penalty for a crime or offence.
Crime - An act against the law.
Judgement - The act of judging people and their actions.
Justice - Due allocation of reward and punishment/ the maintenance of what is right.
Law - Rules made by Parliament that are enforced by court.
Sin - An act against the will of God.

Deterrence - The idea that punishments should be of such a nature that they put people off (deter) them.
Reform - The idea that criminals should be changed by punishments so that they will not commit crimes again.
Rehabilitation - Restore to normal life.
Responsibility - Being responsible for one's actions.
Retribution - The idea that a punishment should make a criminal pay for what they have done wrong.

	Created by a.bysouth.bell about 10 years ago

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