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Flashcards by MrsJohnson, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by MrsJohnson
over 7 years ago
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Description
| Question | Answer |
| 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 |
| deterrence | the idea that punishments should be of a nature that they will put people off (deter) committing crimes |
| judgement | the act of judging people and their actions |
| justice | due allocation of reward and punishment/the maintenance of what is right |
| laws | rules made by Parliament and enforceable by the courts |
| reform | the idea that punishments should try to change criminals so that they will not commit crime again |
| rehabilitiation | restore to normal life |
| responsibility | being responsible for one's actions |
| retribution | the idea that punishments should make criminals pay for what they have done wrong |
| sin | an act against the will of God |