Key Terms Glossary

Question 1

Values

Answer 1

Principles for how we should live our lives

These principles are generally shared by the majority of people in a community

Question 2

Norms

Answer 2

specific rules/socially accepted standards that guide and govern our behaviour in particular situations
Linked to the values of that society

Question 3

Moral Codes

Answer 3

Dependent on the key principles, beliefs and values of society
Set of rules/guidelines that a person/people follow in order to live a good and moral life

Question 4

Deviance

Answer 4

going against the norms and values of society

Question 5

Crime (legal def.)

Answer 5

actions forbidden by the criminal law, and can mean punishment by the legal system

Question 6

Actus Reus

Answer 6

Guilty act - physical part of the crime

Question 7

Mens Rea

Answer 7

Guilty mind - mental part of the crime

Question 8

Sanctions

Answer 8

Punishment/deterrent for committing crime or negative behaviour*

*a crime, something deviant in society or both

Question 9

Social Construction of Crime

Answer 9

The idea that crime is a product of the situation in which it takes place. Crime is dictated by what is seen as illegal in any given society

Question 10

Double Jeopardy

Answer 10

You could not be trialled twice for the same crime (even if new evidence is found)
No longer a law - Criminal Justice Act 2003
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