THEME E:
Causes of crime:
-Poverty - “Clothe yourselves with compassion” - St Paul
-Upbringing - “Bring up your children in the training and instruction of the Lord” - St Paul
-Mental illness and addiction
-Greed - “Be on your guard against greed” - Jesus
“Those who are saved from greed are successful” - Surah 64
-Hate - “All people are equal like the teeth of a comb” -Hadith
-Opposition to an unjust law
➔ “Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and
harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction” - St Paul, Timothy
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Suffering:
➔ “Suffering produces perseverance” - Catechism
➔ “You are sure to be tested” - Surah 3
➔ “God does not burden a soul more than it can bear” - Surah 2
➔ “Along with hardship, there is ease” - Surah 96
Prison:
➔ “I was in prison and you visited me” - Jesus (Sheep & the Goats)
➔ “Submit to the governing authorities” - Romans 13
➔ “God gave you life” - Surah 2
➔ “We ordained them: life for life” - Surah 5
Community Service:
➔ “Forgive not seven, but seventy-seven times” - Matthew
➔ “Restore that person gently” - St Paul
➔ “Do not forget to do good” - Hebrews
➔ “Forgive others and God will forgive you” - Hadith
Retribution:
➔ “An eye for an eye” - Leviticus 24
➔ “Anyone who does wrong will be repaid for their wrongs” - Colossians 3:25
➔ “we ordained them: life for life” Surah 5:45
Reformation:
➔ “Carry one another’s burdens” - St Paul, Galatians
➔ “Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful” - Jesus
Corporal punishment:
➔ “I will punish transgressions with the rod - Psalm 89
➔ “ “A rod for the fools back” - Proverbs 26:3
Causes of crime:
-Poverty - “Clothe yourselves with compassion” - St Paul
-Upbringing - “Bring up your children in the training and instruction of the Lord” - St Paul
-Mental illness and addiction
-Greed - “Be on your guard against greed” - Jesus
“Those who are saved from greed are successful” - Surah 64
-Hate - “All people are equal like the teeth of a comb” -Hadith
-Opposition to an unjust law
➔ “Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and
harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction” - St Paul, Timothy
➔
Suffering:
➔ “Suffering produces perseverance” - Catechism
➔ “You are sure to be tested” - Surah 3
➔ “God does not burden a soul more than it can bear” - Surah 2
➔ “Along with hardship, there is ease” - Surah 96
Prison:
➔ “I was in prison and you visited me” - Jesus (Sheep & the Goats)
➔ “Submit to the governing authorities” - Romans 13
➔ “God gave you life” - Surah 2
➔ “We ordained them: life for life” - Surah 5
Community Service:
➔ “Forgive not seven, but seventy-seven times” - Matthew
➔ “Restore that person gently” - St Paul
➔ “Do not forget to do good” - Hebrews
➔ “Forgive others and God will forgive you” - Hadith
Retribution:
➔ “An eye for an eye” - Leviticus 24
➔ “Anyone who does wrong will be repaid for their wrongs” - Colossians 3:25
➔ “we ordained them: life for life” Surah 5:45
Reformation:
➔ “Carry one another’s burdens” - St Paul, Galatians
➔ “Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful” - Jesus
Corporal punishment:
➔ “I will punish transgressions with the rod - Psalm 89
➔ “ “A rod for the fools back” - Proverbs 26:3
