Sexuality, Law and Criminal Justice Flashcards
When was buggery first a matter?
1553
When was the penalty of death till?
1861
When was life imprisonment the maximum punishment until?
1967
What was ‘gross indecency’ between men?
Any genital contact or non-contact gestures between men
When was Oscar Wilde imprisoned?
1895
And what act was used to imprison him?
Criminal Law amendment act 1885
What was the Wolfenden committee?
1957: recommended decriminalisation of homosexual acts in private.
What did the sexual offences act 1967 include?
Partial decriminalised homosexual acts, must be 21 and in private, remained criminalised in the military, procuring still an offence.
When were homosexual acts illegal in Scotland, Northern Ireland, channel islands and the Isle of man until?
1980, 1982, 1990, 1992 respectively
What did the offences against the persons act 1861 include?
Homosexuality was dangerous and sado-masochism
What did the Criminal Justice act 1981 include?
Gay men sentenced for longer for violent or sexual offences, surveillance upon release, offences of importuning indecency between men and sex offenders.
What did the Criminal Justice and Public Order act 1994 include?
Age of consent lowered to 18, decriminalised in the military and severe penalties for under-age consenting sex between males.
What did the Crime Sentences act 1997 include?
Abolish 1/3 remission, mandatory sentences for sex offenders, two-strikes law.
What was included in the sexual offences amendment act 2000?
Lowered to 16.
What was included in the sexual offences act 2003?
Laws should be fair, necessary and proportionate, gross indecency and buggery laws abolished, new gender and sexually neutral laws.
