In this article, I shall try to outline some grounds for resisting enacting new treason-type offences. It shall be argued that an offence of treason based on the wrongness of ‘betrayal’ would add nothing extra to the protection that is already provided for in a plethora of terrorism offences that cover preparation, inchoate acts concerning terrorism as well as consummated terrorism attacks. I shall try to demonstrate that what supplies the normative case for criminalisation in these sorts of cases is culpability plus harm, not betrayal in itself. Betrayal is a minor aggravating feature that can be dealt with by sentencing judges. I also argue that there is no evidence that the sentences available in our terrorism legislation are not ample to deal with those who go abroad to fight in armed conflicts involving British forces. Finally, it is argued that while the common law offence of outraging public decency might plug gaps where returning Islamic State of Iraq and Syria brides make outrageous comments, it should be used only as a last resort when the speech involves hate speech of a serous kind.

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叛国与公愤：过度刑事化和恐怖主义恐慌

在本文中，我将尝试概述抵制制定新的叛国罪类型的一些理由。应该争辩说，基于“背叛”的错误的叛国罪不会增加已经在大量恐怖主义罪行中提供的保护，这些罪行包括准备、与恐怖主义有关的早期行为以及已完成的恐怖主义袭击。我将尝试证明，在这类案件中为刑事定罪提供规范依据的是罪责加伤害，而不是背叛本身。背叛是可以由量刑法官处理的轻微加重特征。我还争辩说，没有证据表明我们的恐怖主义立法中可用的判决不足以处理那些出国参加涉及英国军队的武装冲突的人。最后，