Cards (4)

    • Issues with defining crime
      The “normality” of crime
      any theory of crime is unlikely to encompass all criminals
      cultural and historical context for laws
    • changes through history
      17th century it was punishable by hanging if a sheep was stolen
      society changes through time, so does societal morality and expectations
    • Cultural differences
      Age of responsibility is 15 in Norway and 10 in the UK
      shows differing mindset across cultures, what’s illegal in some countries isn’t illegal everywhere
    • Some criminal behaviour can be morally right
      Protesting against and resisting unjust laws like apartheid and racial segregation are against the law but it’s more morally right not to obey them
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