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Religion, crime and punishment

Practise the unit “Religion, crime and punishment” (Year 11 Religious education) by Oak National Academy, with a topic for each of its 15 lessons.

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15 topics

  1. Good and evil intentions
  2. Reasons for crime: poverty and upbringing
  3. Reasons for crime: mental illness and addiction
  4. Reasons for crime: greed and hate
  5. Opposition to an unjust law
  6. Views about people who commit crime
  7. Views about different types of crime
  8. The aims of punishment
  9. The treatment of criminals: prison and community service
  10. The treatment of criminals: corporal punishment
  11. Different religious views about corporal punishment
  12. The concept of forgiveness
  13. Different religious views about forgiveness
  14. Ethical arguments relating to the death penalty
  15. Different religious views about the death penalty

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