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| Question | Answer |
| Crime and Punishment How are offenders treated? | These are dealt with without court involvement e.g. the police can use reprimands, final warnings, ASBOs or child safety orders. The aim is to prevent further offences and give support an early age. |
| Crime and Punishment What causes crime? | Lack of education and qualification. Abusive and violent parents/broken homes. Drug, gambling or alcohol addiction. Periods of high unemployment. Gang rivalry. Those from inadequate housing, overcrowding and a deprived background. Mental illness/psychological problems Violence portrayed in films/TV Advertising? |
| Crime and Punishment What are the aims of Punishment? | Protection – The aim of protection is to keep the public from being harmed, threatened or injured by criminals Retribution – is seen as ‘getting even’ (‘an eye for an eye’ - Exodus) with the criminal. It is getting revenge and giving the criminal what they deserve. Deterrence - the aim of this is to put people off committing crimes (if they believe they will be dealt with seriously if caught.) Reformation – the aim of this is to change a criminal’s behavior for the better e.g. through a face to face meeting with the victim. Vindication – the aim of this is to show offenders that the law is right and that they must be punished if they do not respect it. Reparation – the aim of this is to ask the offender to make up for the crime they have committed e.g. vandal cleaning up an area. |
| Crime and Punishment What are religious offences? | A religious offence is an offence against religion. They may or may not be classified as crime. Religions have their own sets of laws and rules and breaking them would be seen by members of that faith as a religious offence or sin (breaking of a religious or moral law) e.g. for Christians and Jews, the 10th Commandment says ‘You shall not covet (desire) your neighbor’s house/wife/servant/ox or donkey or anything else that belongs to your neighbor’. This is not a criminal offence, although believers would regard it as a sin. However, this breaks the 8th Commandment (‘You shall not steal’) and also the state law. Another religious offence is blasphemy (illegal in some countries e.g. Pakistan, Afghanistan and Ireland). Blasphemy includes insulting God or sacred things and the making of images of God. |
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