Which of the following is an argument for Corporal Punishment?

It acts as a good deterrence to people

Release of a criminal from prison,but continuing to monitor their behaviour

What is a Community Service Order?

Where a criminal has to do work in the community as their punishment.

What is a Young Offender?

A person under the age of 18 who commits a crime

What is a 'Hate Crime'?

A crime committed due to prejudice for example against race or religion

What is an indictable offence?

Where a criminal is put in prison for their offence

Breaking the Law - this could be against a person, property or the state

Which of these statements is true about prisons in the UK?

It costs around £60,000 to the government per inmate in the UK

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Religion, Crime and Punishment AQA GCSE

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1
Which of the following is an argument for Corporal Punishment?
It is likely to make criminals hardened not reformed
Corporals if they get drunk should be punished
It is inhumane and barbaric
It acts as a good deterrence to people
2
What is Parole?
An aim of punishment, where someone is put off committing a crime
Punishment where a criminal has to do work in the community
Where a criminal is allowed trips away from prison
Release of a criminal from prison,but continuing to monitor their behaviour
3
What is: an aim of punishment to help a person see how they should behave better?
Reconstituting
Reconditioning
Reparation
Reformation
4
The 'rules which govern a country to keep us safe' are called what?
Laws
An inner sense of right and wrong
Ethics
Morals
5
What is a Community Service Order?
Releasing a criminal from prison,but continuing to monitor their behaviour.
Where a criminal has to do work in the community as their punishment.
Where someone has to meet with a probation officer regularly
Where someone want an electronic tag to monitor their movement
6
What is an aim of punishment which shows that the law must be upheld?
Reparation
Deterrence
Vindication
Reformation
7
What is a Young Offender?
Someone who isn't old enough to know the consequences of their actions
Someone who commits a crime who has a low mental age
A person under the age of 21 who commits a crime
A person under the age of 18 who commits a crime
8
Which of these is the most common form of Capital Punishment in the USA?
Crucifixion
Lethal Injection
Electric Chair
Gassing
9
What is arguably the most famous set of religious rules
Love your neighbour as yourself
The 10 commandments
678 Jewish rules from the Torah
The 8 Commandments
10
What is a 'Hate Crime'?
A crime committed due to prejudice for example against race or religion
Where someone doesn't like something
A crime that is only committed against the LGBTQ+ community
Where someone is beaten up because of the football club they support
11
What is an indictable offence?
An offence where a criminal is given a suspended sentence
An offence where someone breaks local authority laws
Where a criminal is put in prison for their offence
Where a criminal is not put in prison for their offence
12
What is a 'crime'?
Breaking a rule which has been written down
Breaking the Law - this could be against a person, property or the state
Being unpleasant to another person
When someone does something wrong
13
What is: 'An inner sense of right and wrong; some call this the voice of God'
Morals
A conscience
Your attitude
Ethics
14
Which of these statements is true about prisons in the UK?
35% of criminals reoffend once being let out of prison
Prison is too nice to be a deterrent in the UK
All prisoners come out of prison reformed
It costs around £60,000 to the government per inmate in the UK
15
What is Capital Punishment?
A punishment where you have to pay more Capital Gains Tax
Physically hurting a criminal
People who are imprisoned in the Capital City
The death penalty

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