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Flashcards by alice kincade, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by alice kincade
almost 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 a nature that they will put people off committing crimes |
| judgement | the act of judging people and their actions |
| justice | due allocation of reward and punishment/ the maintenance of what is right |
| law | rules made by parliament and enforceable by the courts |
| rehabilitation | restore to normal life |
| responsibility | being responsible for one's 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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