AC 3.4

Question 1

What makes the police ineffective? (6 things)

Answer 1

-Unsolved crime/ Only solve 5.7% of reported crime
-Poor standards
-Danger to women
-Racist
-Homophobic attitudes
-Safeguarding risk to children/ 2,847 children strip searched between 8-17 in 2018-2022

Question 2

What makes the police effective? (3 things)

Answer 2

-Work to keep public safe
-Trained to deal with dangerous members of the public
-Deal with all crimes + criminals

Question 3

Why are the courts effective? (3 things)

Answer 3

-The courts are effective because they are independent.
-The courts are effective because they maintain high standards and apply the rule of law.
-The courts handle a high volume of cases/ 2021/22 = 3.1 million cases

Question 4

Why are courts ineffective?

Answer 4

-There is a huge backlog/delay in cases
-Judges are out of touch
-Judges giving out more lenient sentences that are being appealed