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good and evil
Aims of punishment
Retribution
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Some say there is no positive effect of this. It is more about victims feeling pain for the pain they have inflicted.
Deterrence
If offenders know what punishment will occur if they break the law it may deter them from breaking the law.
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Reformation
This is the most positive of the 3 and tries to educate criminals and make them better people -- change offenders behavior.
Treatment of criminals
Prison
This is home to violent criminals, leads to the loss of freedom. Prisoners may have the chance to earn money through jobs within a prison.
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Corporal punishment
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Includes forced, physical labour or beating offenders
Community service
This is given to people who have damaged their neighborhood and the punishment may be to clean the area of damage.
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Christian perspectives
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Jesus challenges the idea for "an eye for an eye" saying "if someone slaps you on the cheek, turn the other cheek.
Christians oppose the use of deterrence as they see it as unjust, it goes against human dignity and the idea of love thy neighbour.
Christians generally support reformation "Do not take revenge ... if your enemy is thirsty give him something to drink."
Most Christians oppose forms of physical punishment and see it as unacceptable, instead they campaign for positive punishment.
Islamic perspectives
Once someone is punished they are absolved of the sin they committed and so people who commit crimes, but are punished can still have a good afterlife.
Sharia law can offer much harsher punishments then allowed in the UK. Punishment in Sharia law is dependent on the crime. Crimes against Muslim laws are in effect crimes against God.
In case of forgivable sins such as murder the family will be asked if they wish to forgive and can get blood money (payment from the offender) and this will permit them to have a good afterlife.
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Crime
Religions talk of good and evil actions, with good actions obeying the law and evil actions disobeying the law.
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Reasons for crime:
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Free will -- Most religions believe humans have free will and so explains why some people break the law
Islamic perspectives:
Response to crime
When someone steals due to poverty it is wrong, but understandable. Zakat helps look after poorer Muslims as other Muslims give away money to help.
Muslims don't drink and oppose the use of intoxicating drugs as it is haram and that the body is God's temple. Hate is forbidden in Sharia law and so committers of hate crime are breaking sharia law.
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Death penality
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Islamic perspectives
Sharia law does permit the death penalty in a number of cases:
--> Insulting God
--> Murder
--> Homosexuality
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Not all Muslims support the death penalty, saying that it is wrong and that mercy should be wrong.
Forgiveness
Christian perspective
Christians believe that forgiveness is very important and this is shown by Jesus who taught to "forgive someone seventy times" -- this is not a literal number but a point that you should always forgive. Even when Jesus died on the cross he asked God to forgive the Romans "Farther forgive them for they know not what they do wrong".
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The lords prayer also talks of forgiveness "Forgive our trespasses as we forgive those who have trespassed against us"
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Islamic perspective
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God is compassionate and merciful, people should try and emulate the way of God, to try and forgive people.
"If people forgive others, God will grant them honour"
Under Sharia law if the family of the victim forgive someone they can receive blood money as payment.