Social Construct Of Crime (ac 1.2) Flashcards
What is bigamy
Marrying someone while already being married
What made bigamy illegal in uk
Matrimonial causes act 1973
What act made homosexuality legal in uk
Sexual offences act 1967
What is sectorisation
When the church and government are seperate
What made adultery legal in uk
Matrimonial causes act 1857
What act made abortion legal
Abortion act 1967
Buggery act 1533
Male gays targeted for persecuy
Sexual offences act 1967
Decriminalized private, consensual homosexual acts between 21 and over
Sexual offences (amendment) -act 2000
Age of consent for gay sex from 18-16
Civil partnership act 2004
Allowed same sex couples to enter into same sex unions
Marriage act 2013
Allowed same sex couples to marry
Television act 1964
Ban on advertising cigarettes
Tobacco advertising and promotion act 2002
Ban on smoking in public due to threat on non smokers
Health act 2006
Introduced provision for ban on smoking in enclosed places
Health act 2009
Bans promoting cigarettes in the shop