4.2 Flashcards
Values
General principles about how we should live our lives
Norms
Specific rules or socially accepted standards about how we are expected to behave
Mores
Very basic essential norms that society sees as vital for maintaining standards of decency and civilised behaviour
Drink driving
1925 - first drunk driving law
Public perception was tolerable of driving while drunk however once car ownership increased so did deaths related to cars, which led to the public perception of drink driving becoming less tolerable
What law was introduced in 1966
All cars had to have seatbelts
What was the 1967 road safety act
Blood alcohol limit of 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood
Breathanalysers
1968 the first breathanlysers were introduced for roadside use
1991
5 year prison sentence for causing death while drink driving
THINK!
the survey found that 91% of people felt that driving drunk was unacceptable
1945
Fewer than 20,000 non white residents in the uk
1950s to 60s
Non white immigrants came to the uk looking for jobs (windrush)
Windrush generation
The new arrivals felt major discrimination from many white people due to preheld biases
The race relations act
1965 made public race discrimination illegal
1968 outlawed discrimination in employment, housing and public services
Direct discrimination
When someone treats you less favourably
Indirect discrimination
Policy/rule that applies to everyone that has a worse effect on some groups than others
