crimes changing overtime

Question 1

why do laws change overtime?

Answer 1

-changes in norms and values
-changes in positions of women

Question 2

what are some examples of laws changing overtime?

Answer 2

-capital punishment
-homosexuality
-drug laws
-gun control laws
-laws relating to children

Question 3

how has capital punishment changed overtime?

Answer 3

-capital punishment is where someone is executed for committing a crime
-in the 18th century, there were 200 offenses that would result in the death penalty
-the laws were made for the rich to protect their property, but rights and freedom have improved
-capital punishment in the uk was abolished in 1965
-changed because they kept killing innocent people

Question 4

how has homosexuality changed overtime?

Answer 4

-changed due to human rights, campaigns, wolfreden act (gay no longer criminal)
-1885: max - life in prison
-1967: over 21 was no illegal (england, wales) nothern ireland in 1982
-1994: 18
-2000: 16

Question 5

how have drug laws changed overtime?

Answer 5

-changed overtime due to public health becoming an issue
-changed from crime to civil offense if the supply lasts more than 10 days worth
-changed due to high drug rates in portugal after 1975 - hoped it would save money

Question 6

how have gun control laws changed overtime?

Answer 6

-shooting in stirling and hungeford (michael ryan and thomas hamilton) both killed 16 children each and one teacher
-laws tightened in 1997 - snowdrop campaign except .22 calibrie
-labour - tony blair banned all

Question 7

how have laws relating to children changed overtime?

Answer 7

-excluding children from paid work, compulsory schooling, social services accessible, children’s rights
-min age of smoking, sex, activities, and to reinforce that children and adult are different and rules should be applied accordingly
-the children act