Criminological theories of Crime unit 2

Laws may change for the following reasons:

• Changes in attitudes in society.

  Campaigns.

  Demographic changes

• To cause chaos and confusion.

Mass shooting such as the events of Hungerford and Dublane led to

• tighter gun control laws

• Legalisation of guns

Campaigns for tighter gun control in the UK were led by...

• The Gun Control Net work.

• The Snow Drop Campaign

• The far Right organisation National Action

Sarah's Law was a successful campaign that had the support of the national newspaper the News of The World that led to the introduction of...

• The year and a day rule

• The Child Sex offender disclosure scheme (2011)

The Law that overturned the double jeopardy law was

• The Criminal Justice Act 2003.

• The Domestic violence scheme disclosure 2014

The right to ask and the right to know is part of the

• Protection against stalking Act 2011

• Domestic Violence scheme

  after Clare Woods's father campaign after his daughter murdered by her partner who had a history of convictions for harassments and threats

INQUEST is a _______ group that focuses on getting _______ for the bereaved people who loved ones have died in police custody, prisons, immigration detention centres and psychiatric care.

A new law that INQUEST continue to campaign for is......

• to make it illegal for people to protest.

• A 'Hillsborough Law' to make it a crime for senior police officers to cover up institutional and individual failures

Stalking became a _______offence when the Protection of Freedom Act 2012 was introduced after a successful _______ by the pressure group ___.