Flashcards
Unit 8 - Crime and Punishment
Cards in this deck (11)
- 1addictiona recurring compulsion to engage in an activity regardless of its bad effects
- 2capital punishmentthe death penalty for a crime or offence
- 3crimean act against the law
- 4deterrencethe idea that punishments should be of such a nature that they will put people off committing crimes
- 5judgementthe act of judging people and their actions
- 6justicedue allocation of reward and punishment/ the maintenance of what is right
- 7lawrules made by parliament and enforceable by the courts
- 8rehabilitationrestore to normal life
- 9responsibilitybeing responsible for one's actions
- 10retributionthe idea that punishments should make criminals pay for what they have done wrong
- 11sinan act against the will of god