Welcome to the Webquest for Crime. In this webquest you will undertake various activities in order to hopefully help you better understand certain crimes. A crime is an offense to society, and is punishable by law. There are countless types of crimes, and punishments to undergo, should one ever be committed, such as jail, prison, and fines, to name a few. One of the most controversials forms of punishment anywhere is the Death Penalty.

Death penalty

When and why is it used?

In some countries death penalty can only be used to punish people for murder. In other countries it is also used as punishment for other crimes, such as dealing drugs or in some countries for adultery.
In several countries death penalty is used against ethnical, cultural and religious minorities and against political prisoners. The use of the death penalty in the United States is still a very controversial issue.

Types of death sentences used in the past in our country and elsewhere...

Burning
Lethal injection
Electroshock (electrical chair)
Garroting (strangulation)
Gassing
Consumption of poison
Guillotine
Decapitation
Hanging
Live burial
Drowning
breaking on the wheel
Shooting
Stone to death

Types the United States still uses:

Lethal injection

Electroshock (electrical chair)

The rest of this webquest should help you get better acquainted with crimes you wouldn't see or hear of everyday...

Conclusion.