punishment in which physical pain is inflicted on the criminal

Different religious views about corporal punishment

Religious education

Good and evil intentions

Reasons for crime: poverty and upbringing

Reasons for crime: mental illness and addiction

Reasons for crime: greed and hate

Opposition to an unjust law

Views about people who commit crime

Views about different types of crime

The aims of punishment

The treatment of criminals: prison and community service

The treatment of criminals: corporal punishment

The concept of forgiveness

Different religious views about forgiveness

Ethical arguments relating to the death penalty

Different religious views about the death penalty

In this unit pupils will study ideas of crime and how people may view crime is caused. From that, they will examine different ideas of punishing crime and treating criminals focussing especially on a case study of the death penalty and ideas of forgiveness.

Religion, crime and punishment

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

{{}} challenged violent punishment by saying, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone.”

Christians believe corporal punishment goes against human {{}}, which comes from being made in the image of God.

Which ethical theory suggests punishment should support growth, not pain?

Which Church banned corporal punishment in its schools in 1987?

it is rarely loving and should be avoided

What does Situation Ethics say about corporal punishment?

False – many early Christians rejected violence and harm

True – they believed punishment should involve pain

False – They supported it only for children

Early Christians supported corporal punishment.

punishment that gives a deserved consequence

punishment that aims to change the offender

discouraging others from committing crimes

it delays legal trials and court decisions

Why do many people argue that corporal punishment is a human rights abuse?

retribution and deterrence – deserved pain and public warning

reformation – helping the offender change

protection – keeping the public safe by removing the offender

Which aims of punishment does corporal punishment usually focus on?

What does community service usually involve?

Which of the following aims of punishment is prison most often used for?

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Different religious views about corporal punishment

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.