Religious Studies: Crime and Punishment

Religious Studies: Crime and Punishment

1. Examples of crime

   • Fraud
   • Murder
   • Sexual assult
   • Theft
   • Child Abuse

2. Religious Attitudes

   • old testament
     • 'an eye for an eye'
   • new testament
     • 'love your enemies'
     • '70x7'

3. Death Penalty

   • For
     • Justice
     • Sends a message to show crime is taken seriously
     • Protects the public
     • No punishment is harsh enough than the death penalty
   • Against
     • Wrongly convicted?
     • Getting off punishment easily
     • You are just as bad as the person by killing them

4. Examples of punishment

   • prion/jail
   • fines
   • death
   • torture
   • water boarding
   • community servie
   • detention center

5. 5 aims of punishment

   • Reform
     • to make people better
   • Retribution
     • you deserve it
   • Deterrance
     • puts people off doing it in the future
   • Protection
   • Vindication
     • people don't respect the rules if there is no punishment attatched