Component 2 Pt1 !! Flashcards
Men’s rea means?
Guilty mind
Actúa Reus
Guilty act
Indictable meaning?
serious offences
Summary
Minor offence eg speeding
Police sanction
Warning penalty
Unusual but good act example
Endangering yourself for another
Odd and bizarre
Being barefoot in public
Odd and bad act
Murder
4types of sanction and definition
Formal- imposed by police
Informal-against norm disapproved
Positive- rewards for good BEHAVIOR
Negative-threatened punishment, social control
4 court sanction
Custodial
Community
Conditional
Absolute
4 police sanctions
Cautious
Conditional
Penalty notice for disorders
The topics on social construction 1.2
Cannabis
Death penalty
Homosexuality
Polygamy
Vagrancy
What year did homosexuals get sentenced to death/when was it changed?
1553, then in 1886 life in prison
Years and ages of change in homosexuality law
1967 legalised for people over 21
Reduced to 18 1994
Then into 200 it was 16
What is the wolfeden report
After WW2 an increase of gay people being arrested happend so sir John wolverden campaigned to change the law
Time line of cannabis
2001 IN PORTUGAL it becomes legal as it helped economy
Uk legal view for cannabis
Legal countries
Illegal countries
Uk: illegal apart from medical reasons
Legal: Portugal, Netherlands
Illegal: Uk Canada
Polygamy:
Polygyny
Polyandry:
:being with multiple partners
:a man with multiple wives
:a female with multiple husbands
Uk legal view of polygamy
Legal countries
Illegal countries:
:illegal, Bigamy 7 years in jail
:Iran, Pakistan largely Muslim
:America Japan
Definition of adultery and why change in cultures
Cheating while married, Religion says women in particular have to stay loyal
Uk legal view
Legal countries
Illegal countries on adultry
:legal
:Uk , America, Netherlands
:Indonesia some of Africa
Lomboso experiment, examples
Physical traits all criminals share
Big jaw line
Dominant eyebrows
He did this by examine dead skulls
Sheldon’s theory
(Ectomorph, Endomorph, Mesomorph)
4000 criminals tested for body type
Ectomorph: (skinny),thin flat chested fragile and thoughtful
Endomorph: (fat), jolly rounded sociable
Mesomorph: (muscle) toned, risk takers assertive most likely to commit crime
When was the death pentalty demolished in the uk
1965, COPRAL punishment still has no law
What is the miscarriage of justice relating to death pen
If a person who is innocent murdered
(NOT A DETERENT )
When was compulsory learning introduced to child laws
1880
When did child laws have the children’s act
2004
4 reasons for criminality
-brain damage- problems adnormalities
-genetics, Jacob’s XYY
-biochemical hormones chemicals
-physclogical, appearance m/traits