When Amish people, or if Amish people, commit crimes are they subject to there own set of laws?
2007-10-07 17:37:19 · 9 answers · asked by Shuggamomma 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
For Crimes, they are subject to the laws of the country and state where they live.
They may also face some sort of estrangement (temporary) from the community, but there is always a way to get back into the community.
In late adolescence, the Amish provide their children a chance to go and interact with the rest of the world. It's sort of a way to sow their wild oats before coming back and joining fully as adults in the community. This way, the children always know what it was that they were giving up. The rite is known as "Rumspringa," which etymologically means "running around."
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2007-10-07 17:40:11 · answer #1 · answered by NHBaritone 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They have their own rules and don't call police as a rule, a year ago near here a man killed girls in an Amish School house whom he intended to rape. The local people helped the Amish and tey in turn helped the wife and children of the murderer who killed himself.
The biggest crimes I have been aware of with local Amish has been related to incest. There have also been more than one rapes and one very public murder and dismemberment which could have been avoided with mental health intervention in the Pittsburgh PA area about 10 years ago.
They are an unusual sect with a great work ethic, our local Mental Hospial has a wing devoted to the care of Amish patients because of their strong religious beliefs and the shock conventional care might cause them. I personally do business with them frequently and find them intelligent and well read people.
There is crime however against and by the Amish and they are subject to the law. Motor Vehicle laws concerning their buggies as well as littering for the messes thier horses make.
What I like about them is that they are very devout but don't try to shove their religion down anybody's throat, They have been in America for a long time as well as many other countries
2007-10-08 00:45:40 · answer #2 · answered by frank 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Amish have to abide by the same laws everyone else.
Amish have an extremely low crime rate and since most Amish live in communities that are almost entirely Amish, they take care of their own problems and without the need of law enforcement.
Their communities are also extremely closed off from the rest of the world, so what goes in their communities, stays in their communities.
2007-10-08 00:41:17 · answer #3 · answered by Stedway 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Amish do not commit crimes that register on even the municipal level. The worst crimes they commit are like a man looking at another man's wife, or a woman forgot to apply her bonnet before heading to the barn in broad daylight.
2007-10-08 00:41:25 · answer #4 · answered by Xanadu 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Not at all. But realistically they are a very closed off society and I doubt we would know if they broke a "law" or not. If it was a big one, or even a not so big one, they would be shunned. Therefore thier law and protection would no longer apply either way.
2007-10-08 00:41:05 · answer #5 · answered by ~Heathen Princess~ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes. You can be banned from the church and ostracized. This link gives more information on the situation in Wisconsin. Outside agencies are also involved.
2007-10-08 00:46:35 · answer #6 · answered by Penelope 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No
They are subject to the same laws we are...but I'm sure our law would respect their beliefs.
2007-10-08 00:39:21 · answer #7 · answered by Meatwad 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not in USA: separation of Church & State.
2007-10-08 00:39:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think so probly cast out of there ordnon
2007-10-08 00:39:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋