Ac3.4 Flashcards
(27 cards)
What’s one issue with the police(1)
Funding->25%budget cut
This leads to less staff with cuts being in certain roles e.g. detectives causing police to investigate crimes to quickly or ignore certain crimes -> less effective
What’s another issue with the police(2)
Legal barriers->PACE act and protest laws-> police cannot do what they need to do causing frustration and limiting their ability to convict a criminal-> less effective
What’s the final issue with the police(3)
90% of met officers and staff receive 10 or more public complains in the decade to December 2020 remained employed with no ongoing investigations
Thus police are not monitoring/dismissing problem officers->not effective at providing effective control
What’s a strength to the police(1)
Specialised policing e.g. detectives bomb squad dog handlers-> better control over specific behaviour as they have more expertise -> increased effectiveness
What’s another strength to the police(2)
Increased reporting 2/3 said that the police approach to domestic violence has improved leading to increase effectiveness in social control as more cases are being solved
What an issue with the probation service(1)
Funding->25% budget cuts over the last 5 years->seen as less important with less resources causing prisoners to not be rehabilitated causing greater levels of recidivism
What’s another issue with the probation service(2)
Environment/access to resources-> offenders only receive £46 discharge grant on their release with only 25% having a job to go to upon release causing probation to have a lower effect on social control as prisoners have no choice but to commit crime upon release
What’s the final issue with probation(3)
Risk assessment, e.g. killing of 5 yr old Alex Malcolm by Marvyn Iheanacho who was on probation at the time of the murder-> thus highlights how improper assessment has led to lower social control of offenders
What’s a strength of probation(1)
Focuses on community orders e.g. access to drug treatments which has a completion rate of 70% and a lower reoffending rate compared to prisons->probation service who runs community orders is shown to be an effective source of rehabilitation
What’s another strength of probation service(2)
Expertise as the probation service required higher level of qualification and longer training than general police meaning they are more effective at certain roles->better control
What’s a limitation of prisons(1)
Funding as they have faced 25% budget cuts over the last 5 years which impacts the ability to keep social control inside of prisons with higher prisoner to staff ratio causing less ability for treatments and greater crime in prison
What’s another limitation to prisons(2)
Poor condition/environment as many prisoners have low level of literacy and numeracy with 51% of those entering having the literacy and numeracy skills of a 1 year old with no access to resources in prison to help->limits prisons ability to rehabilitate and thus in turn produce effective social control for re offending
What’s the final limitation to prisons(3)
Overcrowding, within release 48% of adult male prisoners re offend with 58% of women and community sentence orders at 56% with these numbers being higher for sentences 12 months or less-> overcrowding in prisons->higher crime and worse quality and ability for social control
What’s a strength to prisons(1)
Public protection as there have only been 3 prisoners escapes over the last 3 years showing that prisons are effective in achieving the aim of public protection-=>greater social control
What’s another strength to prisons(2)
Prison designs, different designs have led to low re offending rates e.g. Norway has relaxed designs and have the lowest recidivism rates in the world thus shows prisons can be effective at a source of rehabilitation and social control.
What’s a limitation to the CPS(1)
Funding around 25% budget cuts over the last 5 years which reduces the effectiveness of the CPS as many cases will collapse or potentially lead to miscarriages of justice
What’s another limitation to the CPS(2)
Legal barriers e.g. with the case of Harry Dunn who was killed by Anne Sacolas who was married to a diplomat meaning when she fled to America with the international law in place she couldn’t of been trialed in the UK thus legal barriers stop CPS from doing what they need to in order to prosecute criminals
What’s another limitation of the CPS((3)
Issues with resources e.g. during the Liam Allen case where the CPS failed to disclose relevant text messages which led to the case getting dropped thus the CPS may be ineffective at achieving social control as it highlights they are both failing to prosecute the correct offenders but also in turn letting real offenders escape justice
What’s a strength of the CPS(1)
Win rate->83% win rate meaning greater success allows for greater social control
What’s another strength of the CPS(2)
Development-> The Narey report Brought about changes to the CPS including the requirement that CPS presentation was placed in police stations->more updates meaning better service and social control
What’s a limitation to the judiciary(1)
Funding->around 25% budget cuts leading to less judges and higher case overload->less effective and lower social control
What’s another limitation to the judiciary(2)
National policies/overcrowding as prisons are so overcrowded judges are told not to send people to prison which means that criminals are being let off lowering social control
What’s another limitation to the judiciary(3)
Bias as a significant amount of judges come form wealthy background and large proportion are male(71%) meaning that poor people are likely to be punished and sentence are to harsh/lenient on women
What’s a strength to the judiciary(1)
Level of expertise->You would need a minimum of five or seven years post qualification experience to be a judge meaning they are highly effective allowing greater social control
