GCSE Revision

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GCSE Revision

• Crime and Punishment

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Crime

• Any act which breaks secular law
• Street Crime
• White-collar Crime
• Apparent increase in the UK
• Does this represent the spiritual and moral
  breakdown of our society?

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Why Commit Crime?

• Thrill
• Boredom
• Unemployment
• Finance
• Greed
• Addiction
• Mental Health
• and many more

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Punishment

• Corporal Punishments
• Capital Punishment
• Imprisonment
• Fines
• Community Service
• Probation
• Tagging etc.

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Why Punish?

• Protection
• Retribution
• Deterrence
• Reform
• Vindication
• Which of the aims is most important? Which aims
  does imprisonment fulfil? Which aims does Capital
  Punishment fulfil?

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Capital Punishment

• FOR
• True retribution
• Effective Deterrent
• Protects society from murderers
• Life imprisonment not harsh enough for some
  crimes
• Many other countries still use it

• AGAINST
• Innocent people would be killed
• Only God should take life
• No evidence of successful deterrence
• No chance of reform
• Barbaric and inhumane

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Christianity

• Supports the law unless shown to be unjust e.g.
  Apartheid Laws
• Forgiveness
• Justice
• Reform is the most important aim of punishment
• God/ Jesus is the one true judge
• Divided opinion about Capital Punishment but
  majority are opposed to it

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Islam

• Shariah Law
• Only Allah can give true forgiveness
• Justice must be seen to be achieved publicly by
  society
• Adultery beating or stoning
• Theft Amputation of hands
• Alcohol public flogging
• Defamation of the Faith and Murder Capital
  Punishment