Crime and punishment

• Addiction


  Being addicted to or dependent on a particular substance
• Community service


  Punishment involving the criminal doing a set number of hours of physical labor or work in their local community
• Corporal punishment


  Punishment in which physical pain is inflicted on the criminal
• Crime


  Action which breaks the law, can be against the person, property, or the state
• Death penalty


  Capital punishment, the execution of a criminal sanctioned by the state
• Deterrence


  An aim of punishment, the threat of punishment to deter people from committing crime
• Evil intentions


  Having the desire to deliberately cause suffering or harm to another
• Forgiveness


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


  Wanting or desiring something or more of something
• Hate crime


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


  Imprisonment as a form of punishment where a criminal is locked in a secure guarded building
• Law


  The rules a country demands its citizens to follow, the breaking of which leads to punishments
• Mental illness


  A medical condition that can cause changes to a person's Behavior
• Murder


  Unlawfully killing another person
• Poverty


  The state of being without the things needed for a reasonable quality of life
• Principle of utility


  The concept of acting out of the greater good for the most people
• Reformation


  An aim of punishment, helping the criminal to see how and why their behavior was wrong
• Retribution


  An aim of punishment, getting the criminal back for their crimes
• Sanctity of life


  A religious concept that life is sacred and holy because it was created by God
• Theft


  Taking something without the owner's consent
• Unjust law


  A law that you believe to be unfair
• Upbringing


  The environment in which a child lives and the instructions they receive while growing up
• Do not forget to do good (Hebrews from the Bible)
• Treat others as you would like to be treated (Jesus' Golden Rule)
• Let us not become weary in doing good for at the proper time we will reap a harvest (Galatians)
• Evils come from inside and defile a person (Jesus)
• A good tree produces good fruit and a bad tree produces bad fruit (Jesus)
• Intentions


  The reason or plan behind your actions, the motive for acting in a certain way
• Good intentions


  Doing something for the right reasons, being sincere and genuine
• Examples of good intentions leading to potentially wrong actions


  • Stealing to feed a starving child
  • Lying to avoid upsetting a friend
  • Killing a terrorist to prevent more deaths
  • Performing an abortion to save the mother's life
• Good actions


  Practical things you do to help others, treating people with kindness
• Those who perform good actions will be rewarded with eternal life (Parable of the Sheep and the Goats)
• Evil intentions


  Having the desire to deliberately cause suffering or harm to others
• Evil intentions can lead to good actions, e.g. helping others to look good
• Religious people believe God is omniscient and knows your intentions as well as your actions
• Good Intentions


  Beliefs about the importance of good intentions and actions in Christianity and Islam
• Christianity: 'You are rewarded for good actions, as referenced in the parable of the sheep and the goats'
• Suffering


  An effect of evil, meaning undergoing pain and hardship
• St. Paul: 'Suffering produces perseverance'
• Quran: 'You are sure to be tested'