What is law?
Theories
Headliners
Terms to know
Finish the lyric
100

John August defined law as these ____ laid down for the guidance of an intelligent being by an intelligent being having power over him


What is RULE

100

Robert Merton's strain theory noted the means and these which society dictates must be aspired towards.

Goals

100

This Belizean socialite with ties to the Aschroft family made headlines in 2021 for her involvement in the shooting death of a prominent local police officer.

Jasmin Hartin

100

During this stage, the prosecution must provide all evidence to the defense, including witness statements and photographs. 

Disclosure

100

This song from Shensea shares a title with a major traffic offence.


HIT and RUN 


200

The Austinian theory claims that "law is command which obliges a person or persons to a course of conduct” and may be separate from this_____.

What is MORALITY

200

sociologist Emile Durkheim used the term 'anomie' to the describe a state of this.

Chaos

Disorder

Normlessness

200


This Belizean businessman gained notoriety for his involvement in a shocking murder case that shook the nation in 2016, revealing a web of deceit, corruption, and brutality.


Danny Mason

200

This is the initial step in the criminal justice process where a suspect is apprehended by the police. 

What is Arrest

200

The legendary artist Buju Banton  mourns the loss of a friend with the words Murderer

Murderer! Blood is on your shoulders
Kill I today you cannot kill I tomorrow
 

Murderer! Your insides must be hollow
How does it feel to take the life of another

300

This famous philosopher said " Law is reason, free from passion."

Aristotle

300

According to this theorist Attachment, involvement, commitment and belief are all types of social control.

Edwin Sutherland

300

Police Officer Kent Martinez was tried and convicted for the killing of this innocent teenager on the beach in Placencia.

Laddie Gillett

300

When a crime is committed, the first and perhaps most crucial link that most citizens with the citizen have with the criminal justice system is:

Police

300

Remember this SOCA hit 

Whoy, we doh have no behaviour


TOTAL DISORDER

400

According to Natural Law there is an essential relationship between morality, justice and _____. 

Law

400

The pair of theorist noted that deviance leads to the formation of criminal, retreatist and conflict subcultures.

Cloward and Ohlin

400

This former officer stands accused for the 2022 brutal killing of three members of the Ramnarace family

Elmer Nah

400

The repeat of an offense after having been convicted of a crime is referred to as

Recidivism

400

One phone call it take fi make some Boy wipe off of earth and drop down flat From you nah stop my food, dawg Me no matter 'bout you and me no care 'bout that Cyan talk inna my face, say dem run place, a run dem run 'round that Man a action pack, some boy only full of tough chat 'Cause nuff of dem stay so A nuff of dem stay so A nuff of dem stay so Talk dem a talk, no action fi bac


NUFF A DEM STAY SO, STAY SO

500

This is view that Law is simply "Rules established and enforced by the state for fairness" is held by which of the TWO major legal theories.

Positivism

500

Attachment, involvement, commitment and belief are all types of social control by which sociologist.

Travis Hirschi

500

He was the last person to be executed in Belize.

Kent Bowers

500

This term has four aims name deterrence, retribution, rehabilitation and societal protection

Punishment

500

The late great Bob Marley sings

I shot the sheriff

But I didn't shoot the deputy