AC1.2 Explain the Social Construction of Criminality

Question 1

Social construction

Answer 1

something that has been made or defined by society. What counts as criminality is whichever acts a society defines as criminal.

Question 2

Physical Punishment

Answer 2

any sanction that contains a physical element.

Question 3

Examples of physical punishment

Answer 3

• hanging
• hard labor
• birching
• lethal injection

Question 4

Corporal Punishment

Answer 4

physical punishment that is intended to cause pain or discomfort.

Question 5

Capital Punishment

Answer 5

punishments that results in death. State authorised execution.

Question 6

Historical Events relating to Capital punishment

Answer 6

• 11th century - burning people (women) at the stake (witchcraft)
• The Bloody codes - 17th to 19th century - made more than 200 offences punishable by death
• 1965 - the Murder (Abolition of the Death Penalty) Act suspended the death penalty for an initial five-year period and was made permanent in 1964.