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What are the different types of crime (4) |
Crime against a person, crime against the state, crime against property and a religious offense |
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What are the 3 reasons for crime? |
Social Reasons (people around you) Environmental Reasons (Your surroundings) Phychological Reasons (Your mental state) |
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What are the 6 aims of punishment? |
-Deterrence (Putting someone off committing crimes) -Reformation (Changing behaviour for the better) -Protection (Keeping the public safe) -Retribution (Getting your own back/Revenge) -Vindication (Showing the law must be upheld) -Reparation (Putting something back into Society) |
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What are some Advantages of prison? (6) |
-People cannot commit more crimes -It protects society from dangerous+violent criminals -Prisoners have a chance to reflect on their actions and reform -Deters others who may be thinking of committing crime -The government needs to show it has a tough stance against crime -It punishes people by separating them from their friends and family |
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What are some disadvantages of prison? |
-Relationships can break down -Prisoners may reoffend when released -Prisoners breed resentment, bitterness and a determination to 'get back' at society -Offenders families suffer through no falut of their own -Prisoners often educate each other in criminal matters in prison -Prison records make it harder for offenders to get a job on release which leads them back to crime. |
