Ac 3.3 Flashcards
(10 cards)
Repeat offending
If offenders fail to rehabilitate they continue to commit crime, no social control
Between 1993 and 2015 prison population nearly doubled
45 percent of adults and 63 percent of children reconnected within a year
More needs to be done to prevent reoffending
Civil liberties
Freedom of speech
Freedom of movement
Freedom from arbitrary arrest
Freedom of assembly
Freedom of association
Freedom of religious worship
-selectaDNA, spray cans used to tag offenders by police, allows them to be linked to future crimes as it stays on skin for months, breaches liberties of innocents who may be sprayed
- facial recognition, matching faces of people walking past cameras to images on watch lists, biometric data taken without consent
Resources and support
Negatives:
Short sentences
Lack of purposeful activity
Staff shortages
Release on temporary license is limited
Lack of employment
Lack of accommodation
Financial exclusion
Inadequate support for complex needs
Inadequate supervision by probation services
Finances and funding
Lack of in almost all areas
Police cuts 19%
CPS cuts quarter
Prison cuts 16%
Probation staff shortages
National policies examples
Gang injuctions when government were focused on tackling knife, gun and gang crimes
Amendments to section 60 of the criminal justice and public order act to make stop and search easier for police
Local policy examples
Mayor of London introduced plans to tackle hate crimes and boost met anti terrorism squad 2017
Marxists
Working class crimes prioritised
Protects upper class and takes attention off white collar crime
Labelling theory
Expectation certain people should be policed more
Left realists
Crimes of marginalised people are prioritised more so already vulnerable people are targeted
Moral imperative and crime
Strongly felt principle that compels a person to act -right to do morally but illegal
E.g assisted suicide or euthanasia
