1. Religion, crime and punishment
This is a thematic unit – you can use any main religion and will be taught about Christian and Buddhist views
Crime and Punishment
Good and Evil intentions and actions
Reasons for crime
Religious attitudes to lawbreakers
Different types of crime
Three aims of punishment
Religious attitudes towards suffering
Religious attitudes to causing suffering to others
Religious attitudes to the treatment of criminals
Religious attitudes towards forgiveness
Religious attitudes towards the death penalty

2. Crime and Punishment Saturday, 06 April 2019
LO: To know the definitions of, and to understand the legal position regarding, crime and punishment

3. What we will learn:
What is meant by crime and punishment and explore religious views about good and evil
Why we are learning this:
To enable us to have an understanding about crime and punishment as well as good and evil
How will you show you have learnt this:
You will be able to explain different religious and non-religious views about this subject

4. Which of these laws are currently in place in the UK?
Handling a salmon in suspicious circumstances
Carrying a plank along a pavement
Dying in the Houses of Parliament 
Answer: all of them!
Allowing your dog to mate with any dog belonging to the Royal Family
Importing into England potatoes which you suspect to be Polish
For a pub landlord, allowing drunkenness in their pub
Wilfully and wantonly disturbing people by ringing their doorbells or knocking at their doors 
LO: To know the definitions of, and to understand the legal position regarding, crime and punishment

5. What are crime and punishment?
A crime is:
an offence which is punishable by law;
an act which goes against the laws of the state.
LO: To know the definitions of, and to understand the legal position regarding, crime and punishment

6. Below are statements which could give reasons to why we have laws.
Why do we have laws?
Below are statements which could give reasons to why we have laws.
Keep order in society
For the government to control society
To protect society
To encourage good morality
To punish wrong doers
To gain more finance
LO: To know the definitions of, and to understand the legal position regarding, crime and punishment

7. The arrest, charge and judgement process
In the UK, the police arrest people who are suspected of having broken the law by committing crimes.
If after questioning the police are confident they have got the right person, they charge the person with having committed the crime.
LO: To know the definitions of, and to understand the legal position regarding, crime and punishment

8. The arrest, charge and judgement process
Once charged of a serious crime in the UK, suspected offenders face a hearing in front of a local magistrate before being required to appear in a Crown Court before a judge and jury of 12 people selected at random.
LO: To know the definitions of, and to understand the legal position regarding, crime and punishment

9. The arrest, charge and judgement process
Less serious cases are dealt with by a magistrates' court, while some more minor crimes result in the police giving the offender an official caution if they admit they are guilty.
LO: To know the definitions of, and to understand the legal position regarding, crime and punishment

10. Punishment A punishment is:
something legally done to somebody as a result of being found guilty of breaking the law
LO: To know the definitions of, and to understand the legal position regarding, crime and punishment

11. Offenders who are found guilty by a court face a legal punishment.
Most serious offences such as murder and rape carry a life sentence in prison, although this rarely means offenders spend the rest of their lives in prison.
Whole life sentences are given in extreme cases – this means that the offender will never be released.
LO: To know the definitions of, and to understand the legal position regarding, crime and punishment

12. Punishment
Less serious offences are punished with a shorter spell in prison, or with non-custodial sentences such as community service or a fine.
If a court decided that the person has committed not crime, they are released without any punishment.
LO: To know the definitions of, and to understand the legal position regarding, crime and punishment

13. Corporal punishment and the death penalty
Under no circumstances in the UK can a court impose a sentence intended to cause physical harm (corporal punishment) or death (capital punishment).
However in some countries, such as China, parts of the USA and Saudi Arabia, the death penalty is permitted.
LO: To know the definitions of crime and punishment and to examine Christian and Buddhist views about good and evil

14. What are crime and punishment?
In no instance is an individual victim of a crime allowed to punish the offender. Such action is against the law and punishable by the law.
LO: To know the definitions of, and to understand the legal position regarding, crime and punishment

15. Civil law v criminal law
Civil law is different from criminal law. Civil law concerns disputes between private individuals or groups.
This includes such matters as the settlements of a divorce, disputes between landlords and tenants and disputed wills.
Cases are usually dealt with in a small
claims court although in more serious
cases, the case will be heard in
Crown Court.
LO: To know the definitions of, and to understand the legal position regarding, crime and punishment