Crime and Punishment

 Crime is the action contrary to law and considered socially harmful, dangerous, or reprehensible, which is committed voluntarily. In more common parlance it is known as a crime but is usually associated with the most serious and significant crimes, and are those that not only injure a victim, but also the entire community.

And punishment is the penalty to be paid for committing a crime, and such punishments vary depending on the crime committed and the severity of the crime. The following is an associated vocabulary of crime and punishment.

Crime

• Abduction / kidnapping
• Armed Robbery
• Arson
• Assault
• Murder / homicide
• Terrorism

Punishment

• Traffic ticket
• License suspension
• Community service
• Jail time
• Life in prison