AC1.2

    Cards (19)

    • Define social construction?
      Something that has been made or defined by society
    • Define polygamy
      The practice or custom of having more than one wife or husband
    • Define homosexuality
      The quality/characteristic of being attracted to someone of the same sex
    • Define age of consent
      The age at which a person's consent to sexual intercourse is valid in law
    • Define adultery
      Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a person who is not their spouse
    • Define culture
      The attitudes, behaviour, opinions etc. of a particular group within society
    • Define politicians
      A person who is professionally involved in politics, especially as a holder of an elected office
    • Define The Wolfenden Report
      A landmark report published in 1957 paving the way for decriminalisation of same sex activity in England and Wales in 1967
    • Define The Snowdrop Campaign
      The campaign to ban private ownership of handguns
    • Define compulsory schooling
      A period of education that is required of all people
    • Define capital punishment
      Punishment that results in death. State authorised execution
    • Corporal punishment
      Physical punishment that is intended to cause pain or discomfort
    • Define diminished responsibility
      An unbalance of mental state that is considered to make a person less answerable for a crime and to be grounds for a reduced charge, but that does not classify them as insane
    • Define automatism
      The performance of actions without consciousness/involuntary
    • Define loss of control
      A defence only to murder, if successful the defendant will still be guilty of manslaughter
    • Define mandatory
      Required by law or mandate; compulsory
    • Define consent
      Permission for something to happen or agreement to do something
    • Define self-defence
      The defence of one's person or interests, especially through the use of physical force, which is permitted in certain cases as an answer to charge of violent crime
    • Define age of criminal responsibility
      The age in which someone can accept responsibility for criminal acts
      In England and Wales- 10 years old
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