Individual campaigns to affect policy making Flashcards
What was the background for Clare’s Law?
36 year old Clare Wood was beaten, raped, strangled and her body was set on fire by George Appleton
after killing Clare, Appleton went on the run and was later found hanged
How did the case unfold?
Clare’s father Michael found that Clare made several complaints against Appleton as he has harassed, threatened to kill and tried to rape her
Michael launched a campaign to change the law to enable women to know about their partner’s violent past
What are two procedures set by Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme(DVDS)?
The right to ask and the right to know
What can these procedures be used for?
the police can use in disclosing information about an individual’s previous violent and abusive offending to their partner
What is the right to ask?
allows a member of the public to apply to the police to disclose information, can ask about their own partner or the partner of someone they know
What is the right to know?
allows the police to disclose information to protect a potential victim even without having been asked to do so
What is the double jeopardy law?
stops people being tried again for a crime of which they have been acquitted, prevents injustice by stopping the state persecuting someone by repeatedly re-prosecuting them until they manage to secure a conviction
What is the case of Ann Ming’s Daughter Julie Hogg?
Julie was murdered by Billy Dunlop in 1989. In 1998 Dunlop was jailed for attacking a former lover and while in prison, he admitted to killing Julie Hogg. Dunlop was convicted of having committed perjury so he was sentenced for 6 years but no action could be taken in relation to the murder because of the Double jeopardy law
What was the success for Ann Ming’s Campaign?
The 2003 Criminal Justice Act was the result, permitted certain serious crimes to be re-tried such as rape and murder
