Religion crime and punishment

• Capital punishment


  Death penalty; state sanctioned execution for a capital offence; not legal in UK
• Community service order


  UK punishment involving the criminal doing a set number of hours of physical labour
• Conscience


  Sense of right and wrong; guilty voice in our head; seen as the voice of God by many religious believers
• Corporal punishment


  Punishment in which physical pain is inflicted on the criminal; not legal in the UK
• Crime


  Action which breaks the law; can be against the person (eg murder), against property (eg vandalism), or against the state (eg treason)
• Deterrence


  Aim of punishment to put a person off committing a crime by the level of punishment
• Duty


  What we have a responsibility to do
• Evil


  Something or someone considered morally very wrong or wicked; often linked to the idea of a devil or other malevolent being
• Forgiveness


  Letting go of blame against a person for wrongs they have done; moving on
• Greed


  Reason for committing crime – wanting or desiring something or more of something
• Hate crime


  A crime committed because of prejudice, eg assaulting a person because they are gay or Asian
• Imprisonment


  Locking someone up and taking away of civil liberties of a criminal
• Law


  The rules a country demands its citizens follow, the breaking of which leads to punishment
• Murder


  Unlawfully killing another person
• Order


  The enforcement of rules, eg by a police force
• Parole


  Release of a criminal from prison under the condition they will meet with a parole officer who can monitor their behaviour
• Protection


  Additional aim of punishment; to keep people safe
• Reformation


  Aim of punishment; helping the criminal see how and why their behaviour was wrong, so that their mindset changes for the better
• Reparation


  Additional aim of punishment; where the criminal makes up for, or pays back for, their crimes
• Retribution


  Aim of punishment; getting the criminal back for their crimes
• Theft


  Taking something without the owner's consent
• Victim


  Those who are directly affected by a crime, eg the person assaulted
• Vindication


  Additional aim of punishment; the punishment exists to justify the law
• Young offenders


  Criminals under the age of 18
• Capital punishment


  Death penalty; state sanctioned execution for a capital offence; not legal in UK
• Community service order


  UK punishment involving the criminal doing a set number of hours of physical labour
• Conscience


  Sense of right and wrong; guilty voice in our head; seen as the voice of God by many religious believers
• Corporal punishment


  Punishment in which physical pain is inflicted on the criminal; not legal in the UK
• Crime


  Action which breaks the law; can be against the person (eg murder), against property (eg vandalism), or against the state (eg treason)
• Deterrence


  Aim of punishment to put a person off committing a crime by the level of punishment
• Duty


  What we have a responsibility to do
• Evil


  Something or someone considered morally very wrong or wicked; often linked to the idea of a devil or other malevolent being
• Forgiveness


  Letting go of blame against a person for wrongs they have done; moving on
• Greed


  Reason for committing crime – wanting or desiring something or more of something
• Hate crime


  A crime committed because of prejudice, eg assaulting a person because they are gay or Asian
• Imprisonment


  Locking someone up and taking away of civil liberties of a criminal
• Law


  The rules a country demands its citizens follow, the breaking of which leads to punishment
• Murder


  Unlawfully killing another person
• Order


  The enforcement of rules, eg by a police force
• Parole


  Release of a criminal from prison under the condition they will meet with a parole officer who can monitor their behaviour