crime + punishment

• addiction 


  being dependent on a particular substance, can lead to crime
• community service 


  punishment involving the criminal doing a set number of hours of work in their local community
• corporal punishment 


  punishment in which physical pain is inflicted on the criminal
• crime 


  action which breaks the law
• death penalty 


  capital punishment, execution of the criminal which is sanctioned by the state
• deterrence 


  the threat of punishment to put someone off committing a crime
• hate crime 


  a crime committed because of prejudice views about a person or group
• prison 


  a form of punishment where a criminal is locked away in a secure guarded building
• law


  the rules a country demands citizens follow
• mental illness 


  a mental condition which changes a person's behaviour, can lead to crime
• murder 


  unlawfully killing another person
• poverty 


  the state of being without things needed for a reasonable quality of life, can lead to crime
• principle of utility 


  acting out of the greater good for the majority (e.g. removing a dangerous criminal from society)
• reformation 


  helping the criminal see why their behaviour is wrong
• theft 


  taking something without the owner's consent
• unjust law 


  a law that is believed to be unfair
• upbringing 


  the environment a child lives in while they are growing up, can be a cause of crime
• possible causes of crime

  • greed
  • poverty
  • mental illness
  • upbringing
• greed


  desiring something, reason for committing a crime