ac 1.2 - time

Question 1

why might laws change overtime?

Answer 1

due to a shift in views of society. crime is a social construct which changes according to societal ideas

Question 2

homosexuality

Answer 2

sexual attraction, romantic interaction or sexual behaviour between members of the same sex

Question 3

when was homosexuality a crime?
(how question)

Answer 3

the medieval times - was seen as a sin through to the 1950s

Question 4

when was homosexuality legalised?
(how question)

Answer 4

the sexual offences act (1967) decriminalised private homosexual acts between men over the age of 21

Question 5

why are there differences?

Answer 5

• wolfender report: showed the shift in views of society to encourage the law to change
• campaigns: stonewall led to the age of consent dropping to 16
• human rights

Question 6

physical punishment

Answer 6

a punishment which is intended to cause pain, e.g. capital/corporal punishment

Question 7

when was physical punishment legal?
(how question)

Answer 7

• capital punishment: execution by hanging for over 50 offences in 1773
• corporal punishment: flogging, branding, etc

Question 8

when was physical punishment made a crime?
(how question)

Answer 8

• 1965: death penalty abolished in the uk
• corporal punishment abolished in the armed forces (1881) and for offenders (1967)

Question 9

why are there differences?

Answer 9

• breach of human rights to life
• can’t correct any miscarriages of justice
• doesn’t seem to act as a deterrent
• norbert ellis: society has undergone a ‘civilising process’ in the last 500 years meaning that less violent events happen in public

Question 10

children

Answer 10

child labour rules

Question 11

when was child labour legal?
(how question)

Answer 11

• phillipe aries suggested the idea that childhood didn’t exist until the 13th century
• it was normal for children to work in cotton mills/factories from very young ages in the 19th century

Question 12

when was child labour made a crime?
(how question)

Answer 12

• factory acts: guidelines to follow for children working in factories
• 1880: compulsory education for children
• 1989: children’s rights act (healthcare, education, etc)
• 2004: children’s act looked after the welfare of children

Question 13

why are there differences?

Answer 13

• society started to recognise that childhood is a different stage of life and that children should be looked after
• society became more ‘child-centred’ and parents both emotionally and financially invested in their children
• laws change as society changes