1 Equality Act 2010

Question 1

Strengthened equality law, extended legal protection to additional groups with:

Answer 1

‘Protected characteristics’

Question 2

‘Protected characteristics’ such as:

Answer 2

Age
Disability
Race
Etc.

Question 3

All public bodies have to pay due regard to the need to:

Eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and other conduct prohibited under the…

Answer 3

Act

Question 4

All public bodies have to pay due regard to the need to:

Advance equality of opportunity between those who…

Answer 4

Share protected characteristics and those who do not

Question 5

All public bodies have to pay due regard to the need to:

Foster good relations between those who…

Answer 5

Share protected characteristics and those who don’t

Question 6

What does the Equality Act 2010 mean for criminal justice?

Answer 6

Already presumption all ‘equal’ under eyes of the law

Due process - equality, proportionality

Question 7

What does this mean for criminal justice? Due process equality, proportionality - e.g. Same crime = same sentence for all

BUT we already…

Answer 7

‘Discriminate’ on grounds of age and we consider it acceptable to do so