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what is a pressure group
a group which tries to influence public policy like
ASH
No Knives, Better Lives
disadvantages to Sarah and Clares Law
only helps people with offenders who have already been convicted so person could still be dangerous
how successfull was sarahs law
in 2018 - 2019 there were 1553 disclosures made
how successfull was clares law
in 2022 - 2023 there were over 45,000 applications and 17,000 disclosures
what is criminal behaviour
- crime is something that breaks the laws of society
- crime is often deviant but not always
- its punished by formal sanctions e.g fines, prison
explain with examples how campaigns for change have affected policy development
- give type of campaign
- give specific example
- explain how it led to change in law
- repeat with different type of campaign
different types of campaign and examples
BLF - (pressure group) made smoking in cars with under 18s illegal
Individual campaign - Clares Law
Newspaper campaign - Sarahs law
how has social change affeced policy development
smoking was promoted by doctors and glamourised
now advanced medical research and ban on adverts cuz of changing norms
homosexuality was decriminlised in 1967
drink driving increased sentencing
define social norms
social expectations that guide behaviour and keep deviant behaviour in check
define social values
the rules that are shared by most people in a culture
define social mores
norms of morality that should absolutley not be broken as they define whats right and wrong
what to say if it asks to compare the effectiveness of a soc/bio/ind theories to explain causes of crime
if asks about indvidualistic then say it ignores the biological and sociological compenets of someone as their genetics can play a part and it only focuses on the individual so therefore its determinstic
