Sentence examples for greater criminalisation from inspiring English sources

Based on legislation and legal practice from the period c. 1250-1600 the book takes issue with the most important viewpoints in earlier research by early modernists: that the Reformation represented a watershed in a development characterized by greater criminalisation of sexual acts, increase in the severity of sentences and deterioration of the position of women.

The recommendations of the ACMD report, prepared at the request of the Home Office, argue against "greater criminalisation of possession," the letter says.

The British Pregnancy Advisory Service had opposed the potential criminalisation of expectant mothers.

Criminalisation puts LGBT people at greater risk of violence, being infected with HIV and committing suicide.

He added: "I think the criminalisation of drugs globally has produced far greater trouble for everyone than it if were not criminal".

That's a great thing – a move that will avoid the unnecessary criminalisation of cannabis users – but doesn't address the thousands of people who would benefit from a change of the law around medicinal cannabis.

Amnesty International said it was in the final stages of receiving feedback on the draft policy, which it says is based on evidence that the criminalisation of consensual adult sex work can lead to greater abuse against sex workers.

Ultimately, this should lead to greater transparency and coherence – not only in working practice related to HIV criminalisation, but also in underlying professional values.

When the Wolfenden report of 1957 took away the criminalisation of homosexuality everyone thought it was the removal of a great and obvious injustice.

His sympathies, in the great tradition of EP Thompson, whose spirit hovers over Nightwalking, lie with those most susceptible to criminalisation, ie those without property.

"Based on evidence that the criminalisation of consensual adult sex work exposes sex workers to increased human rights violations, Amnesty International's draft policy advocates, amongst other things, that greater protection will be achieved if sex work is decriminalized".