AC 1.2 Explain the Social Construction of Criminality

Question 1

Identify how laws change from culture to culture.

Answer 1

Polygamy
Adultery
Homosexuality

Question 2

Identify how laws change over time.

Answer 2

Prostitution
Vagrancy
Homosexuality
Smoking

Question 3

Identify how laws change in different places.

Answer 3

Drugs
Jaywalking

Question 4

Identify how laws change according to circumstance.

Answer 4

Moral panics
Age
Murder

Question 5

Give some information on polygamy.

Answer 5

The practice of having more than one spouse at the same time. Mostly legal in Muslim majority countries. Against the law in most countries including UK (7 years imprisonment). Religion is a key factor.

Question 6

Give some information on adultery.

Answer 6

Sexual act between two people where at least 1 of the people involved is married. Seen as deviant and immoral in most countries but not illegal. Criminalised in Muslim majority countries. Illegal in some Christian African countries. Illegal in 21 US states. In societies where religion has influenced law, adultery has often been made a crime.

Question 7

Give some information on homosexuality.