Crime And Law Flashcards
(14 cards)
What are the long term difficulties experienced by offenders?
- A lack of job opportunities
- Strained relationship with family and friends
- Difficulty applying for university courses
- Strains on relationships with partners
- Mental health problems
- Difficulty getting a mortgage of insurance
- Fear of revenge attacks by victims and associates
What are the negative impacts of crime on a community?
- Costs of crime
- People will be scared and not feel safe in their homes
- Property prices were affected and harder to sell
- New business opening may shut down or avoid area
- Vandalism throughout community
- Community may get a bad name
- Break community relationships
What are the positive impacts of crime on a community?
- People will pin to volunteer to help clean up or help others
- Highlights big issues
- People help end crime by joining with police to stop it
- Brings people together
What are the impacts of crime on offenders families?
- Financial impact on family
- Families being brought into the crimson justice system
- Other family members having to take on an extra role
- Stigma on family
- Feelings if loss due to person being away
- Emotional impact on children
- Families feel like they need cover for offending relatives
What is crash for cash?
It’s mainly used by gangs who deliberately get in toad accidents with other cars by doing things like slamming on breaks to cause the car being to crash into them.
They will then claim insurance for it.
This has resulted in car insurance costs rising by more than 20% since 2010.
What is identity theft?
A criminal will steal your identity to take money or commit a crime in a different identity.
It was reported that identity thefts are trying £1.9 billion of other people’s money.
What are some economic impacts of crime?
- Emergency services
- Police officers
- Crash for crimes
- Identity theft
- Insurance for buildings and people
What are the impacts of crime on politicians?
Members of the public, victims and their families, other parties and media will demand a response from them when something happens.
They will demand things like new laws, changes to existing laws, new powers for the police and sentencing charges.
What is double jeopardy?
- The legal principle that prevents people from being tried for the same crime twice.
- It prevents the state repeatedly pursuing ad individual for a crime they have not committed.
- However, with improvements in our ability to collect new evidence such as DNA evidence can now come to light.
- In 2011 reforms were made by the Scottish Parliament in a The Double Jeopardy Act allowing a second trial in serious cases where, after an acquittal compelling new evidence emerges.
What is Sarah’s law?
In 2000, an 8 year old girl, Sarah Payne, was abducted and murdered by Roy Whiting.
He had previously been convicted of abducting and indecently assaulting a young girl.
The news of the world newspaper led a nationwide campaign better protection.
New laws were set up so parents and careers can request criminal records held by police for people who have access to children.
What is Clare’s law?
Clare wood was murdered by her ex-partner. It was later found out that he had a disturbing history of violence towards women.
Her family and the media campaigned for greater disclosure and in 2014 a new law allowed police to disclose information about a partners previous history of domestic violence.
What groups are mostly likely to be victims of crime?
- those living in poverty
- elderly people
- young people
- women
Why are those living in poverty most likely to be victims of crime?
Those who live in a poorer area are twice as likely to be a victim of crime and are also most likely to be repeat victims
Why are women most likely to be victims of crime?
According to pressure group the Fawcett society, at least one women in four experience domestic violence in her lifetime, and between one in eight and one in ten experiences it annually
