how campaigns affect policy change

Question 1

what type of campaign is sarahs law?

Answer 1

newspaper campaign

Question 2

what was sarah’s law about?

Answer 2

to have information about convicted sex offenders made know to the public

Question 3

who was Sarah and what happened?

Answer 3

Sarah Payne was an 8 year old girl who got abducted and killed in 2000 by a sex offender

Question 4

what was the name of the sex offender in sarah’s law?

Answer 4

Roy Whiting

Question 5

what did Sarah’s parents state?

Answer 5

if they knew there was a sex offender living in the area they wouldn’t of let their children to play out alone

Question 6

what methods did sarah’s law use?

Answer 6

the sunday newspaper “news of the world” which published the photos of 50 people they claimed to be known sex offenders and promised to continue until they named every sex offender in britain

Question 7

what laws/policies were introduced due to sarah’s law?

Answer 7

The government introduced a pilot scheme in 2008 in 4 areas of the UK that allowed parents to make enquiries about someone they’re concerned about
2001- extended to cover the whole of England and Wales known as the Child Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme

police don’t have to disclose the info and will only do so if they judge a child is at risk

Question 8

what is the ‘year and a day’ rule campaign?

Answer 8

to scrap the rule and a day rule that if a victim of an assault lives for a year and a day, the assailant could only be tried for grievous bodily harm and not murder or manslaughter

Question 9

why was the ‘year and a day’ campaign started?

Answer 9

started by mother of Michael Gibson who was assaulted in an unprovoked attack and died after 22 months in a coma and so Clark was never charged with murder

Question 10

who was Michael Gibson’s assaulter?

Answer 10

David Clark

Question 11

what methods did the ‘year and a day’ use?

Answer 11

The Northern Echo launched their justice for Michael campaign calling in readers to sign a petition for the rule to be scrapped

Question 12

what type of campaign was the ‘year and a day’ campaign?

Answer 12

newspaper campaign

Question 13

what type of campaign was the ‘year and a day’ campaign?

Answer 13

newspaper campaign

Question 14

what laws/policies were introduced?

Answer 14

1996 Law Reform Act

Question 15

what type of campaign is the one which wants to stop the double jeopardy law?

Answer 15

individual campaign

Question 16

what was the double jeopardy law that had existed for roughly 100 years?

Answer 16

A law where no one could be tried again for an offence which they had been acquitted

Question 17

why was the campaign to change the double jeopardy law created?

Answer 17

Julie Hogg was murdered in 1989 by Billy Dunlop who was tried for the murder but two successive juries failed to reach a verdict so the case was dropped
Dunlop was tried for an attack on a former lover and was sent to prison where he admitted to killing Julie however couldn’t be tried for it

Question 18

what methods did the double jeopardy removal campaign use?

Answer 18

Ann campaigned for a change in the law by lobbying MPs and using media to publicise her case

Question 19

what laws/policies were introduced due to double jeopardy?

Answer 19

2003 Criminal Justice Act allowed for one re-trial of certain serious crimes such as murder, rape etc where new compelling evidence emerges and the trial is approved by the Director of Public Prosecutions

Question 20

what happened to Billy Dunlop in 2006 after the Criminal Justice Act changed?

Answer 20

tried and admitted his guilt and sentenced to life imprisonment

Question 21

what are pressure group campaigns started by?

Answer 21

started by established groups

Question 22

what is an example of a pressure group campaign?

Answer 22

British Heart Foundation

Question 23

what does the british heart foundation campaign for?

Answer 23

positive change in policies that help improve the lung health of people in Britain

Question 24

what was the BHF about?

Answer 24

in 2011 they started a petition to make it illegal to smoke in cars with children in them

Question 25

why was the BHF campaign started?

Answer 25

roughly 430,000 children were exposed to second-hand smoke whilst travelling in cars

Question 26

what methods did BHF use?

Answer 26

research showing effects of second-hand smoking showing impact and extent of problem

50,000-signature petition handed to 10 Downing Street

Question 27

what laws/policies were introduced due to BHF?

Answer 27

change in law in 2014 banning smoking in cars with children, introduced as part of the Children and Families Act 2014

changed packaging to less colourful to previous designs