Police evaluation Flashcards
(9 cards)
What is the social control responsibilities of the police?
Main agency for the detection, investigation and prevention of crime. Results in huge volume of cases being brought to trial every year, many out of court disposals by the police using their powers to issue fixed penalty notices, cautions and reprimands. Have specialist department, units and sections dealing with serious and complex cases
What does specialist policing include?
Not only agency responsibility for investigating crime. EG HM revenue and customs deals with tax evasion, department of work and pension deals with benefit fraud and border force deals with immigration offences. There also specialist forces, such the British transport police and civil nuclear constabulary, protect nuclear installations
How are the police responding to concerns regarding domestic violence?
Survey evidence from 2017 annual of HM inspector of police shows two-thirds of domestic abuse practitioners (non-police professionals who work closely with victims) felt the police approach had improved in previous three years.
Whats the benefit of having more women working with the police
Women were to afraid to report certain crimes as they thought they would speak to a male. They can now ask to speak to a female
Some of the negatives regarding the police performance with domestic violence
Arrest have been failing
Police not using bail conditions to protect victims
Staff shortages are causing delays in responding to incidents, victims at risk
Body worn video cameras not always being used to gather evidence
Illustrates the fact that the police are not always successful in achieving social control
With inefficiency being a problem for the police - explain why
Macpherson report noted failure of the metropolitan police to gather evidence and investigate leads in murder of Stephen Lawrence could have led to successful prosecution of five leading suspects in case. Called out on racism
How much did Knife and Firearms offences rise between 2014-20
Knife 24,000 - 35,800
Firearms 4,900 - 9,800
What’s happened with the clear-up rates
Been falling. 2015 - 15% cases resulted in someone being charged with an offence. 2020 had fallen to 7%. Number of penalty notices and cautions issued by police has fallen
