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Religious attitudes to crime and punishments
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- 1CrimeAn offence that is punishable by law, e.g. stealing.
- 2DutyA moral or legal obligation.
- 3ResponsibilityA duty to care for or having control over something or someone.
- 4ConscienceThe inner feeling you are doing right or wrong.
- 5Crime against the personWrongdoing that directly harms a person, e.g. murder,assault.
- 6Crime against propertyDamaging items that belong to somebody else, e.g. vandalism.
- 7Crime against the stateAn offence aimed at damaging the government or a country, e.g. treason.
- 8Religious offenceAn offence against religion, e.g. blasphemy, sacrilege.
- 9PunishmentSomething done to a person because they have broken a law.
- 10PreotectionKeeping the public from being harmed, threatened or injured by criminals.
- 11RetributionAn aim of punishment - to get your own back : 'an eye for an eye'/
- 12DeterrenceAn aim of punishment - to put people off committing crimes.
- 13ReformAn aim of punishment - to change someone's behavior for the better.
- 14VindicationAn aim of punishment that means offenders must be punished to show that the law must be respected and is right.
- 15ReparationAn aim of punishment to help an offender to put something back into society.
- 16ForgivenessShowing grace and mercy and pardoning someone for what they have done wrong.
- 17RepentanceBeing truly sorry and trying to change one's behavior so as not to do the same again.
- 18Young offenderA person under 18 who has broken the law.
- 19ImprisonmentWhen a person is put in jail for committing a crime.
- 20Prison reformA movement that tries to ensure offenders are treated humanely in prison.
- 21Death penaltyCapital punishment; form of punishment in which prisoner is put to death for crimes committed.
- 22Community serviceUnpaid work that an offender performs for the benefit of the local community rather than going to prison.
- 23Electronic taggingAn offender has to wear an electronic device which tracks their movement to ensure restrictions of movement are observed.
- 24FineMoney paid as punishment for a crime or other offence.
- 25ProbationAn alternative to prison where an offender has to meet regularly with a probation officer to ensure that they do not re-offend. Movement may be restricted.
- 26ParoleWhen a prisoner is released without having completed their sentence, because they have behaved well and accepted their guilt. The prisoner is monitored to try to ensure that they do not re-offend.
- 27Life imprisonmentA prison sentence that (theoretically) keeps people in prison until they die.
- 28Early releaseWhen a prisoner is allowed out of prison even though they have not completed their sentence, or fulfilled the criteria for getting parole.
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- GCSE Religious Studies B (Religion and Morality) Fichas sobre Religious attitudes to crime and punishments , creado por yusanr98 el 03/04/2014.
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