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Criminology 1.2 - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Homosexual Law reform Society campaigned for a change in law successfully in 1967. It led to equalising the age of consent to 16 in 2000
    - - Post WWII increase in prosecution for gay men, by 1954 over 1000 were in prison. The government set up a committee to consider changing the law.Report published in 1957
    - - Roy Jenkins supported the campaign for change and introduced it as Home Secretary in 1967. 2010 equality act-no discrimination
    - - No state has the right to control citizens private lives
  - - - Why it changed :
        Rapid growth of drug use after 1975, by 1990 1 in every 100 of the population was addicted to heroin
        To reduce costs associated with drug use possible saving of 18%
  - - - Capital punishment was seen as breaching human rights and they cannot breach the miscarriage of justice.
        Death is not a deterrent. Kids should act civilised (have self-control).
- - - - Cicourel : People hold typifications - ideas about what a 'Typical' criminal looks like.
        E.g. Working class
        
        Piliavin and Briar : Situational factors play a big part in the policies' decision to stop and arrest people E.g. Class, ethnicity, age, attitude towards officers.