JUSTICE, CRIM

E, AND PUNISH
MENT

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 CRIME
Harmful act or omission against the public which the
State wishes to prevent and which, upon conviction, is
punishable by fine, imprisonment, and/or death. No conduct
constitutes a crime unless it is declared criminal in the laws
of the country. Some crimes (such as theft or criminal
damage) may also be civil wrongs (torts) for which the
victim(s) may
claim damages in compensation.
CRIME AND HUMANITY
For the purpose of this Statute, ‘crime against h
umanity’ means any of the following acts when
committed as part of a widespread or systemati
c attack directed against any civilian populatio
n, with knowledge of the attack:

MURDER EXTERMINATION ENSLAVEMENT TORTURE

PERSECUTION APARTHEID SEXUAL

RAPE SLAVERY
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
AND The criminal justice system in the
United States raises serious constitutional
HUMAN RIGHT and human rights concerns. The human
rights violations inherent in the system
play out on a number of fronts: racial
disparities in arrests, convictions, and
sentencing; draconian sentences
mandating that nonviolent offenders
serve the rest of their lives behind prison
walls; the heightened impact of incarce-
ration on vulnerable populations, such as
children and the mentally ill; and more
 PUNISHMENT
Punishment is the imposition of an
undesirable or unpleasant outcome
upon a group or individual, meted out
by
an authority—in contexts ranging
from child discipline to criminal law—
as a response and deterrent to a parti-
cular action or behaviour that is
deemed undesirable or unacceptable
The purpose of punishment

offenders deserve to be punished for the crimes they commit.

we may hope that they

learn a lesson, or
receive a communication
of moral disapproval, or
that their punishment
deters others from
committing the same
crime.
PUNISHMENT AND HUMAN RIGHT
we may hope that they learn a
lesson, or receive a communication of moral
disapproval, or that their punishment deters others
from committing the same crime.