Key term match up
Crime
Conscience
Duty
A responsibility to do something
An inner voice telling you right and wrong (religious people say it’s the voice of God)
Something that some one can be punished for/ breaks the law
What makes someone a criminal?!Psychological: These are reasons to do with the ………….. You may be a criminal because you have issues going on inside such as ……………/…………………/…………
Social: You are a criminal because of the …………. You hang around with. You may be part of a ……………… which encourages you to do bad things. You may not have a good …………. Which could lead you on the wrong path. You might hang around with people who take …….
Environmental: You are a criminal because of your surroundings/where you live. It might be because you have been brought up in a bad ……………environment or because of the ………. You live that makes you do bad things.
Family/People/Mind/depression/Education/Anger/Anxiety/Gang/Drugs/area
Causes of crime
Psychological Social Environmental
You didn’t go to school You took drugs Hanging around with a gang You suffer with anger issuesYou are neglected You come from a poor family Your family are criminalsYou don’t have a good family You have an illness that makes you do it
Types of crime- Match up
Crime against person
Crime against property
Crime against state
Religious offence
Grafitti/Burglary/Arson
Treason/Terrorism
Saying bad things about God/Blasphemy
Murder/Rape/Torture/Theft
Conscience
A voice from within side you which tells you right from ……………….. Some religious people say this voice is the voice of …………………
Why do we punish people?
6aims: Potter Really Didn’t Run Voldemort’s Race
Protection (To keep others safe) E.G. PrisonRetribution (Revenge) E.G. Death penaltyDeterrence (Put you off) E.g. Cut off handReformation (Change them) Counselling/ community serviceVindication (Teach others to respect law) Public punishmentsReparation (Repayment) Fine/ community service
Types of punishment
Community service:Unpaid w…… to help society
Electronic tagging:Wearing a ……………which tracks your movement, time you need to be at home by
Fines: Money paid as a ………….. For their crime
Probation:Meeting with an officer to make sure you are not re ……………………….
Parole
When a prisoner is released ……………… without finishing their sentence because of good behaviour. They are watched and have meetings to make sure they don’t re offend.
Life imprisonment
Life imprisonment means life in prison. Not many people in Britain have this. Examples include Myra Hindley and Harold Shipman
Life sentences are on average ………… years before they can come up for parole
Prison reform
Helping prisoners to c……. whilst in prison.The current system is not working
- People reoffend- Its too crowded- Doesn’t help criminals
Parole & Reform Many people say we need to change prisons
because they are too busy. Prisons do not help people to learn from their mistakes.
Some say parole is a good thing because it puts trust back in the prisoner. They are integrated back into society so they have a chance to show they have changed/ evolved. If they reoffend/ break the rules of parole they will be back in prison. Others say its not good because they should serve the full time they are given for the crime they have committed.
Christians mostly agree with r……… this aim is to change the criminals behaviour. Christians believe we should follow the teachings of Jesus on f…………… so it is better to help the criminal see what they have done wrong than try to get revenge on them. Old Christian teachings were about revenge, e.g. an e…. For and eye, tooth for a tooth… but modern teachings are more about love and forgiveness.
In many Muslim societies the aims of punishment are to teach people the laws should be upheld. This is known as v…………
EYE/REFORM/FORGIVENESS/VINDICATION
MATCH PUNISHMENT TO CRIME
Small offence
Serious offence
Telling off
Sent to a young offenders prison
Fine Warnings Appear at court
Asbos Curfew
Young offendersYoung offenders prisons (Run by government) Large prison like places for young people. Lots of inmates up to 18 or 21 years old. Not many staff so emotional needs not met
Children's care home- Usually 12-14 years old. Helps Children with emotional needs/ who commit minor crimes
Secure training centre- Private accommodation for young prisoners.
Adult Prison
Most reoffend- not learnt from experience
Good
Bad
Makes you more of a criminal ‘schools for crime’
Make you bitter
Protects society
Difficult to get a job afterwards
Time to reflect on what you have done wrong
Isolates them from family ( revenge for victim)
Puts others off committing crimes
Religious beliefs about Prison
Should be about:
E…………………………
Should help the prisoner toC………../R…………….theirbehaviour
Death Penalty
• Also known as C…………… PUNISHMENT
• Punishment where someone is put to ………… for their crimes
• Illegal in the …………
Death Penalty
Its revenge for the victim and their family
It protects society from bad people- can never hurt again
Just as bad as the killer if you kill them-Inhumane
Innocent people may end up getting killed
Can’t help/reform someone if you kill them
Prison is just as good at protecting people/ you don’t need to kill them
Costs a lot to keep them in prison- Ending their lives would save money
Is the death penalty a good or a bad thing?
Some may say it is good because……..
Some may say it is bad because……..
Personally I think that…………………
For Against
“ An eye for an eye, tooth for tooth ”
“Do not murder”
“If someone hits you, turn the other cheek”
Christian views
“ God gives lifeOnly God can take it away”
Should religious people support the death penalty?
Some Christians may support the death penalty because in their holy books it says things like ‘an eye for an eye’. Sometimes these religious believers may think the death penalty is needed.
Other Christians and Muslims would disagree and say we should never support the death penalty because ‘God gives life and only God can take it away’
Christians would say that an important commandment (rule) ‘Do not murder’. They might say that this is a clear instruction against the death penalty.