Question 1 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3
Most religions teach that stealing and murder are:
- wrong (sinful)
- acceptable
- encouraged
- rewarded
Show answer & explanation
✓ Answer: A — wrong (sinful)
Such acts are condemned as wrong.
AQA · GCSE · Religious Studies
Thematic Studies: Religion, Crime and Punishment
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Question 2 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3
What is a hate crime?
- Any crime that causes serious injury to the victim
- A crime committed by more than one offender
- A crime motivated by hostility towards a person's race, religion, sexuality, disability or gender identity
- A crime committed against a member of the offender's own family
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✓ Answer: C — A crime motivated by hostility towards a person's race, religion, sexuality, disability or gender identity
Award 1 mark. Courts in the United Kingdom may treat this hostility as an aggravating factor and increase the sentence. Religious believers generally condemn such crimes as a direct attack on the equal worth of every person.
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