4.3-how campaigns affect policy Flashcards
Newspapers campaigns =
Sarah’s law
Claire’s law
The campaign-
Sarahs law
to allow parents/Guardians to ask police if a convicted sex offender has contact with their child
Key parties-
Sarahs law
Sarah’s parents & the news of the world
Changes in thinking and law-
Sarahs law
Government influenced by newspaper campaign causing the development of the child sex offender disclosure scheme in 2011.
what happend to 8 year old Sarah
Sarahs law
she was murderd by a convicted sex offender who lived on the same street
The campaign-
clares law
A policy giving you the right to request information from the police to find out if your partner has an abusive past
key parties-
clares law
Michael brown (her father), media outlets such as radio, Newspapers, magazines
Changes in thinking and law-
clares law
Michael Brown believed that Clare would still be alive if she had been aware of Appleton’s violent past.
The Government was influenced by the campaign leading to the development of the domestic violence disclosure scheme in 2021.
What happened-
clares law
a bipolar woman (Clare wood) met Jeorge Appleton on a dating website.
Jeorge had a history of violent behaviour against women and convictions prior to their relationship.
Their relationship quickly became abusive, and Clare was murdered by Jeorge.
individual campaigns
Stephen Lawrence campaign
What happened-
Stephen Lawrence
an 18-year-old black British Citizen was stabbed to death at a bus stop in Southeast London by a group of white youths. (racial attack)
The campaign-
Stephen Lawrence
It exposed the institutional racism in the police and wider criminal justice system.
Key parties-
Stephen Lawrence’s Mum did not stop pushing her son’s story into the media
Changes in thinking and law-
contributed to the change in the double jeopardy law.
April 2005, sections 75-83 of the criminal justice act 2003 came into force.
If there are new and compelling evidence people can be retried in court. Prior, if a person was found not guilty of an offence it could not be prosecuted again.
Therefore, stephen’s killers could be r-tried despite not being previously convicted for the case.
2 of his killers ended up being charged for his murder.
pressure group campaigns-
PAS (protection against stalking)
inspired by Clare Benral and Rana Faruqui
Inquest
what happened ?
the campaign was inspired by the murders of Clare Bendral and Rana Faruqui
PAS was formed as a charity in 2010 by two mothers who daughters had been murdered by their stalking ex-boyfriends
what policy/law did PAS tackle-
In 2011 stalking was not considered a crime
The police had no clear policy or law on how to deal with stalking
Pas concluded that the law is not fit for purpose.
the campaign-
With support from NAPO, PAS set up an independant parliamentary inquiry.
The enquiry lasted 7 months- they heard evidence from victims, experts, lawyers police ext
how did this change law?
The report was supported by 60 MPs. A new law was passed by government
Protection of freedom Act 2012
This made stalking a criminal offence.
Inquest
What do they do=
support individuals who are bereaved to find out the truth about a death that has occurred in state care (such as schools, hospitals, prisons.
What do they want to achieve-
aim to ensure state institutions are held accountable when someone dies in their care.
How they changed policy=
spread the lessons learnt from investigations to prevent further deaths. Uses its learning to apply pressure to public bodies.
Example-
only allowing non-contact rugby in schools.
