GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE CAMBRIDGE IGCSE: LAW AND CRIMINALITY. Definitions, questions for the research project, global/international perspectives, local/national perspectives, family/personal perspectives, useful websites.

1. LAW AND CRIMINALITY
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
CAMBRIDGE IGCSE P13

2. LAW AND CRIMINALITY
• Law is a system of rules that are created and enforced through social
or governmental institutions to regulate behaviour. Law as a system
helps regulate and ensure that a community show respect, and
equality amongst themselves.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law

3. QUESTIONS
FOR YOUR
RESEARCH
PROJECT

4. GLOBAL/INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
• Why do people make laws?
• Do we need laws?
• What causes some people to break laws?
• Who decides which laws should be in force?
• What are the problems caused by different law systems in different
countries?

5. LOCAL/NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
• What are the crime rates in my country/community?
• What are the major crimes?
• What schemes are there to protect people from crime?
• How effective is the national/local police force?

6. FAMILY/PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES
• Do I or my family or my friends break any laws?
• Do I feel safe in my local community?
• Has crime affected me or my family and friends?
• Can I do anything to help prevent crime?

7. WEBSITES
www.amnesty.org.uk Amnesty International.
www.everyhumanhasrights.org/ Human rights.
www.hg.org/crime.html Guide to criminal law.
www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=2366036917&topic=3547
Facebook discussion group on ‘stealing’ from the internet.
www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/sep/19/prisonsandprobation.civillib
erties Article on giving prisoners the right to vote.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/ For the latest news