Unit 4 - AC3.3 - Examine the limitations of agencies in achieving social control

Question 1

what are the 6 limitations of agencies in achieving social control

Answer 1

1 recidivism / 2 civil liberties and legal barriers / 3 access to resources and support / 4 finance / 5 local and national policies / 6 moral imperatives

Question 2

1 why is recidivism a limitation in achieving social control

Answer 2

if offenders reoffend then social control will never be achieved

Question 3

1 in 2019, what was the reoffending rate in prison

Answer 3

36%

Question 3

1 what is the population difference in prisons from now till 1993

Answer 3

double

Question 4

1 why might the prison population have doubled

Answer 4

repeat offending and harsher sentences

Question 5

1 what theory does recidivism link to

Answer 5

slt - offenders learning the behaviour from others in the system - become ‘better criminals’

Question 6

2 what are civil liberties

Answer 6

basic rights and freedoms of citizens

Question 7

2 what are the 7 civil liberties

Answer 7

freedom of speech / of movement / of assembly / of religious worship / from arbitrary arrest / from detention without trial / the right to privacy

Question 8

2 why can civil liberties limit social control

Answer 8

if these freedoms are taken away, it can be seen as a restriction on achieving social control as they are rights

Question 9

2 what theory does civil liberties

Answer 9

marxism - laws are needed to protect the working class from the elite controlling decisions

Question 10

3 what are the 4 resources and support in prison

Answer 10

shorter sentences / inadequate resources fir training and education / officer number cuts / release on licence

Question 11

3 what did the 2020 report into prison education and resource training find

Answer 11

1/2 of all prisons had not enough useful programmes

Question 12

3 by what % have prison officer numbers fallen

Answer 12

15%

Question 13

3 what are the 3 resources in the community

Answer 13

lack of money / lack of job / homelessness

Question 14

3 how much money does a prisoner get as a discharge grant

Answer 14

£46

Question 15

3 what fraction of prisoners have a job lined up for when released

Answer 15

1/4

Question 16

3 what fraction of prisoners have no accom for release // how many weeks in prison for an accommodation to get lost

Answer 16

1/9 // 13 weeks

Question 17

3 what are the 3 reasons for reoffending after a community sentence

Answer 17

inadequate support for complex needs / inadequate supervision by probation services / failure by the privatised rehab companies

Question 18

4 why can finance be a limitation for social control

Answer 18

a lack of it can mean agencies are unable to operate effectively

Question 19

4 by what % did police budget fall 2010-18

Answer 19

19% , 20,000 fall inn police numbers

Question 20

4 what evidence is there to show that the police is dropping more cases

Answer 20

met police dropped 2.9 times more cases on the day they were reported in 2018 than 13 // rape cases take 129 days to solve but theft take 2

Question 21

4 by what / did cps budget fall 2010-18

Answer 21

1/4 , 1/3 fall in staff

Question 22

4 what was the cps accused of doing to charges

Answer 22

downgrading them so that they can be prosecuted in magistratesas its quicker and cheaper

Question 23

4 by what % did prison budget fall 2010-18

Answer 23

19%, 15% fall in staff

Question 24

4 what are the limitations of less staff and more inmates

Answer 24

lack of rehab activity opportunities / recidivism rates around 60% / less ability to keep social control

Question 25

4 what did the 2019 report on probation highlight

Answer 25

problems like staff shortages , lack of confidence in agencies, funding shortages

Question 26

5 why may a new law effect social ocntrol

Answer 26

it may mean other offences get neglected

Question 27

5 national reach - what did the home secretary announce in 2019

Answer 27

making stop and search easier for officers - section 60 of the criminal justice and public order act 1994

Question 28

5 nationalk reach - what is the aim of increased police powers

Answer 28

to involve other agencies like NHS and Education to prevent crime

Question 29

5 local reach - example of local policies

Answer 29

more stop and search measures in knife crimey areas / weapons amnesties (wont arrest if hand in weapon) eg London 2017 350 firearms handed in

Question 30

6 what is a moral imperative

Answer 30

an overriding sense of what is right, so strong they will uphold it even if breaking the law

Question 31

6 what is an example of a moral imperative crime

Answer 31

assisted suicide - as someone may believe it is at the express wish of the victim

Question 32

6 what is the moral imperative case

Answer 32

Kay Gilderdale killed daughter was ill for 17 years by giving her drugs

Question 33

6 why are moral imperative crime a limitation to social control

Answer 33

it may be hard to persuade juries to control and punish the actions