QMC Criminology

AC4.3 Discuss how campaigns affect policy making

Newspaper campaigns to affect policy making

Sarah's Law

Q&A: 'Sarah's Law' explainedSussex Police is the latest force in England to introduce the Child Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme, often referred to as "Sarah's Law".

The year and a day rule

Move to end year-and-a-day rule for murder Move to end law that letsKillers should not be able to use a 700-year-old law which allows them to escape prosecution for murder if there is a gap of more than a "year and a day" between their crime and the death of a victim, the Government's legal advisers said yesterday.

The mum who fought the lawMICHAEL Gibson just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. In April 1992, he and his younger brother, David, were walking along High…

Individual campaigns to affect policy making

Clare's Law project looks for 'silenced' victimsResearchers want to interview people who have made use of the law named after Clare Wood.

Clare's Law

Domestic violence disclosure scheme: guidanceGuidance which has been developed to support the implementation of the domestic violence disclosure scheme.

‘Finn’s Law’ delivered to protect brave service animalsThe Animal Welfare (Service Animals) Bill comes into force today (8 June) to protect service animals such as police dogs and horses.

Stephen Lawrence Day: Who was he and what happened to him? - CBBC NewsroundMore than 25 years ago, a black teenager called Stephen Lawrence was killed in South London in a racist attack. Find out more about him here.

How Julie Hogg's mother campaigned to have her daughter's killer face justiceThe killer of Julie Hogg became the first person to be tried under new double jeopardy act

Who is Billy Dunlop? Former boyfriend of Julie Hogg whose story is explored in Catching Britain's KillersBILLY Dunlop is the murderer and former boyfriend of Julie Hogg. Dunlop, now 56 made legal history when he was jailed for life for confessing to the murder of Julie, ten years after her death in 19…

Pressure group campaigns to affect policy making

Protection against stalking www.protectionagainststalking.org/

InquestINQUEST is the only charity in England and Wales providing expertise on state related deaths and their investigation to bereaved people, policy makers and the media

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