Stuff I Suck At Flashcards
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What is moral panic?
- The term moral panic refers to when an issue / crime is made to appear worse than it is due to the media.
How does the media cause moral panic?
- By exaggerating the severity / frequency of the crime, which results in a raise in public concern and therefore a moral panic.
Example of a real life moral panic?
- Mods and Rockers in the 1960s
- London Riots 2011
Three campaigns that influenced policy development?
- Clare’s law (created Domestic violence disclosure act)
- Suffragettes (gave women the right to vote in 1928)
- Stephen Lawrence (influenced the Macpherson report, which led to the double jeopardy law being removed)
Individual campaigns?
Sarah’s law
Clare’s law
Ann Ming
Pressure group campaigns?
Suffragettes
Stonewall
Newspaper campaigns?
Stephen Lawrence
Sarah’s law
What do you need to answer an “Explain with examples how campaigns for change have affected policy making” question.
-> Individual campaign - It’s name, who started it, why it was started, methods, and what policy it informed.
-> x2 with newspaper and pressure group.
What methods did Clare’s law use?
Media engagement, lobbying, and public awareness.
What methods did the suffragettes use?
Heckling, rallies, speeches, marches
Why did the suffragettes begin?
Lack of progress in the right to vote for women.
What are the sanctions for criminal behaviour?
Custodial sentences, community services, fines
What are the sanctions for deviant behaviour?
Cautions, conditional cautions, penalty notices
Legal definition of crime?
- Act that breaches written law
- Must have mens reas and actus rea
Social definition of crime?
The ways in which society determine behaviour as acceptable or not, and as criminal or not.
What are norms?
Accepted way of behaving
What are morals?
Ways society / individuals view as a good way to behave
What are values?
Principles shared by people in society.
How does Banduras theory have practical application?
Vendables and Thompson
Popular violent movie was around when they attacked the boy
Two crimes that have changed over time
Homosexuality and gun laws
How has homosexuality changed over time?
Was completely illegal until 1957, where thanks to the Wolfenden committee acts between two men above the age of 21 was made legal. The stonewall campaign brought it down to 16 in the 2010 equality act. 2014 the 2013 law was put into place and gay people can marry.
How have gun laws changed over time?
Was completely legal to own a gun until the Dunblane school massacre in 1996, which led to the Snowdrop campaigns formation. The campaign resulted in a change in law where private ownership of a handgun was made illegal in 1997.
Two examples of laws changing due to place?
Drug laws
How do drug laws change between places?
Portugal aimed to reduce the amount of addiction in their country. Resulted in decriminalisation of drugs so that more people would ask for help. This succeeded, and the law was kept in place. Other countries make all possession of drugs illegal, such as the UK, where it is punishable for up to 4-15 years.
