A.C. 1.2 - Social Construction of Crime (UNIT 2)
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- A.C. 1.2 Social Construction
- PLACE
- Something which is against the law in on country, will be legal in another country.
- Homosexuality being sexually attracted to same sex, legal in the UK, USA, Arabia. Illegal in Iran, Iraq.
- Cannabis: Plant smoked or consumed, giving psychedelic energy. Illegal in the UK. Legal in Amsterdam
- Female Genital Mutilation (FGM): removal of the flesh of a women's genitals. Illegal in the UK, Legal in Africa.
- TIME
- Due to social and technical advancements, laws will change as values and norms of a society start to change.
- Prostitution: Its legal in the UK, only in some places, such as Leeds Holbeck, Soliciting, and Kerb crawling is illegal.
- Vagrancy: Still illegal in the UK, under 1824 Vagrancy Act, but it gets disused as people don't care due too symphathy.
- CULTURE
- What is seen as a crime in one country, will not be seen as a crime in another country
- Adultery: Voluntary sexual intercourse, between a married person, and a person not their spouse. Its legal in the UK, illegal in South Korea, Pakistan.
- Honour Killing: Honour killing or Shame killing, is the murder of a family member. Its illegal in the UK, legal in Pakistan, India, Nigeria.
- What is seen as a crime in one country, will not be seen as a crime in another country
- Concerns of meaning, notion, or connotation placed on an object or event by a society, which is adapted by inhabitants, will respect to how they view or deal with the event
- Age of Criminal Responsibility: refers to the minimum age that a child can be prosecuted, and punished under the law. in the UK, the legal age is 10, changed from 12, due to Jamie Bulger.
- Stereotyping: over-generalised belief about a particular category of people. such as tattoos, drinking, or Youth wearing hoodies. Being stereotyped as gang members or criminals.
- Moral Panic: feeling or fear spread amongst many people, in a society. Thinking evil is present, refers to Cohen's Mods and Rockers example of moral panic.
- DEFENCE
- Loss of Control: use of excessive force indicating loss of control, leading to murder, example 'R v Clinton 2012'
- Self Defence: Preventing an attack to defend yourself from harm. example 'John Hopkins'
- Automation: having epilepsy, losing control and consciousness example ' Katelyn Dawson Driver'
- Self Defence: Preventing an attack to defend yourself from harm. example 'John Hopkins'
- Diminished Responsibility: impairment or abnormality of ones mind. Questioning their liability, example 'Tony Martin'
- Consent: giving will/consent to someone to do something to you, example 'Armin Meiwes'
- Loss of Control: use of excessive force indicating loss of control, leading to murder, example 'R v Clinton 2012'
- PLACE
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