AC 4.2 social changes affect policy

Question 1

example of smoking

Answer 1

Smoking, glamorised and recommended till mid 50s showed links to lung cancer, public attitudes changed, now illegal to smoke inside public areas and in car with a child in

Question 2

example of domestic abuse

Answer 2

few rights, 1918 right to vote, rule of thumb beat with stick thinner than thumb, legal attitudes changes R v R marital rape. lots in 1996/7 clare’s law (disclosure of previous domestic violence offences)

Question 3

example of death penalty

Answer 3

Bloody code in 18th century stealing an apple but protected upper classes all but treason
murder abolition in 1969.
derek bentley (low brain age "let him have it" shot a cop) and ruth ellis (killed abusive husband) were executed in miscarriages of justice