showing kindness, care and sympathy towards others, respecting their dignity and aiming to reduce suffering

ensuring fairness by responding to crimes in a way that holds the offender properly accountable

the process of helping offenders regain skills, change behaviour and reintegrate into society after committing a crime

Views about people who commit crime

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 different types of crime

The aims of punishment

The treatment of criminals: prison and community service

The treatment of criminals: corporal punishment

Different religious views about 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

Depiction or discussion of serious mental health issues including eating disorders, self-harm, suicide or attempted suicide, or the aftermath of such an event.

Depiction or discussion of mental health issues

is showing kindness, care and sympathy towards others

is holding the offender properly accountable

is the process of helping offenders regain skills, change behaviour

Chaplains work with prisoners and support groups like Prison Fellowship to encourage {{}} justice.

What is a reason why Christians might support punishment?

Rehabilitation focuses on helping offenders change, and is one way to achieve {{}}.

Personal conviction is a deeply held {{}} that leads someone to act.

Which Bible verse is often used to support obeying the law?

Christians believe conscience helps with {{}} decision-making.

A Christian theologian who resisted the Nazis

when the law goes against justice or mercy

Views about people who commit crime

Lesson outcome

Content guidance