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Flashcards by nicolalennon12, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by nicolalennon12
over 9 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Addiction | a recurring compulsion to engage in an activity regardless of its bad effects |
| Capital Punishment | the death penalty for a crime or offence |
| Crime | an act against the law |
| Deterrence | the idea that punishments should be of such nature that they will put people off (deter) committing crimes |
| Judgement | the act of judging people and their actions |
| Justice | the due allocation of reward and the punishment/maintenance of what is right |
| Law | rules made by Parliament, enforceable by the courts |
| Reform | the idea that punishments should try to change the criminals behaviour so that they will not commit crimes again |
| Rehabilitation | restore to normal life |
| Responsibility | being responsible for ones actions |
| Retribution | the idea that punishments should make criminals pay for what they have done wrong |
| Sin | an act against the will of God |
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