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Thinking Allowed: Anthropology - The Future of the A-level; Crime and Blame

03/06/2015

Anthropology - The Future of the A-level; Crime and Blame

BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed, Anthropology - The Future of the A-level; Crime and Blame

The future of the A-level. Plus the role of blame within the criminal justice system.

Anthropology - the future of the A-level. Plus the role of blame within the criminal justice system. New research on how society works, presented by Laurie Taylor.

Anthropology: the future of the A level. Laurie Taylor talks to Joy Hendry, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at Oxford Brookes University, about the proposed cancellation of this course. At a time of global conflict, is it the right time to axe a discipline which allows insight into cultures and ideas very different from our own? 

Also, 'blame' in the criminal justice system. Tim Hillier, Associate Head of Leicester de Montfort Law School, De Montfort University, Leicester, explores the role and parameters of culpability within the legal system. He's joined by Lord Ken Macdonald QC and former Director of Public Prosecutions.

Producer: Jayne Egerton.

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