4.3 campaigns affect policy making Flashcards
What are aims of campaign?
Can change law to make a certain act a criminal offence
Led by who?
Newspapers, or pressure groups
What are pressure groups?
organisation that tries to influence government policies
Why are pressure groups significant?
Play important rule in policy making by gaining support from public
Inquest
focuses on state-relates deaths, people in custody, prisons and immigration detention center
Examples of involvement
Grenfell tower, Hillsborough and shooting of Mark Duggan
Sarah’s Law
allowed parents to ask police if a convicted sex offender has had contact with a specific child; followed by murder of Sarah Payne
Ann Mings campaign
seeked to abolish the double jeopardy law; Ann Ming , mother of Julie Hogg campaigned for a change in the law; 2005 law changed so people could be prosecuted again regardless if they were charged prior
Double jeopardy
a person found guilty by court of an offence could not be prosecuted again