AC1.1

Question 1

Strict liability offences

Answer 1

All you have to prove is that the act took place

Question 2

Miscarriage of justice

Answer 2

When an individual is tried, convicted and punished for a crime they did not commit

Question 3

Aquittal

Answer 3

A judgement or verdict that a person is not guilty of the crime which they’ve been charged

Question 4

Social definition of crime

Answer 4

Crime is a label from social interaction or a wrong against the community

Question 5

Legal definition of crime

Answer 5

An act regarded as so disruptive that the state must intervene by creating a law on behalf of society to forbid them

Question 6

What is deviance

Answer 6

Any behaviour that differs from the normal. Acts that are considered unusual uncommon or out of the ordinary

Question 7

what are formal sanctions

Answer 7

Sanctions that are given in accordance with the law

Question 8

informal sanctions

Answer 8

used for acts that are deviant but not necessarily criminal

Question 9

what are the implications of having a criminal record

Answer 9

-exclusion from certain jobs
-travel ban
-restriction on adoption and jury service