According to circumstance

Question 1

Differential Enforcement of the Law

Answer 1

• Moral panic - certain situations can have harsher than normal punishments
• Police prioritisation
• Stereotyping

Question 2

Age of Criminal Responsibility

Answer 2

• Treated differently if above or below age of criminal responsibility
• A child doesn’t understand the offence they’ve committed, therefore not responsible

Question 3

Diminished responsibility

Answer 3

Murder changed to manslaughter due to mental capacity to understand their actions

Question 4

Loss of Control

Answer 4

Murder to manslaughter if strongly provoked into killing e.g. Domestic abuse

Question 5

Automatism

Answer 5

External factors outside the person’s control cause the crime. Changes to not guilty e.g. Crashing the car when a swarm of bees invade your car

Question 6

Self-defence