How laws are applied differently Flashcards
How are laws applied differently
In the UK, criminal responsibility is 10 years old where as in China, it is 16 years old
Laws overtime with children
Brittish society today
- childhood is protected with laws such as working age and time restrictions , social services and safeguarding at schools
British society in the 1950s
- Children were put to work at the age of 7
- forced to long hours in factories and in chimneys
- children were seen as mini adults to also provide for their families
- children would also face severe punishments by their employers and parents
How laws change from culture to culture
Adultry- sexual relations between a marrried person outside their spouse
- legal in the UK and European countries
- Illegal in Islamic countries such as Saudi and in some US states, it is classified as a misdemeanour
Hounour Crimes
Laws that have changed overtime
Capital Punishment- Abolished in Britain n as it is now regarded as a breach of human and if wrongly accused, nothing can be done. - however some sates in America legalised capital punishment
Homosexuality
-It was illegal for men to be homosexual in 1
