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Question 1

Explanation of ripple effect

Answer 1

-One crime impacting other individuals accross society
-Victims and offenders have impacts on others

Question 2

Is ripple effect positive of negative?

Answer 2

Negative

-As a society it effects more than one person
-Committing one crime and being unaffected may lead an individual to commit more severe crimes
-If crime goes unreported somebody might observe and immitate and it may become social norm making it not deviante.g speeding

Question 3

Real life example of ripple effect

Answer 3

-Knife crime - involved with the wrong group
-Leads to more ppl carrying knifes if unreported as its seen as a norm

Question 4

Explanation of decriminilisation

Answer 4

-Process of reducing consequences of breaking current criminal laws
-This may be to encourage ppl to report the crime
-This unreporting happens when society doesnt see the punishment as right/fair

Question 5

Is decriminalisation positive or negative?

Answer 5

Positive
-Issues got dealt with and an increase in reports
-Individual may get the help they need

Negative
-crime may be committed more
-encouraged to do it because there is less of a consequence

Question 6

Real life example of decriminalisation

Answer 6

Portugal drug laws
Deaths dropped HIV dropped
It worked

Question 7

Police prioritisation explanation

Answer 7

-Police may prioritise more visible and reported incidents potentially neglecting areas where unreported crimes are prevalent

Question 8

Is police prioriisation positive or negative?

Answer 8

Positive
-Small offenders can be dealt with in an easier way. This means resources are left to act in larger crimes

Negative
-Small crimes may eventually lead to bigger crimes

Question 9

Real life example of police prioritisation

Answer 9

-Broken Window theory Braten in New York
-40% decrease in crime
-Stopped turnstile jumpers

Question 10

Cultural change explanation

Answer 10

-Unreported crimes can lead to a perception that these behaviors are acceptable or normal within a community
-This normalisation can shift cultural attitudes towards crime so people dont see it as deviant

Question 11

Is cultural change positive or negative

Answer 11

Negative
-If communities arent reporting crime, offenders are going to recommit

Question 12

Example of cultural change

Answer 12

Homosexuality
Womens rights

Question 13

Legal change explanation

Answer 13

-Unreported crime means change in law
-If people are disinterested in reporting it shows that it shouldn’t be a law

Question 14

Is legal change positive or negative

Answer 14

Positive
-If society all agrees they live in harmony and people arent getting wrongfully punished

Question 15

Example of legal change

Answer 15

Homosexuality people decided it shouldnt be a crime anymore

Question 16

Procedural change explanation

Answer 16

-Recognise certain crime is going unreported they may revaluate their policies and procedures to encourage reporting

Question 17

Is procedural change positive or negative

Answer 17

Positive
-lots of new change can make reporting easier and quicker and helps with personal reasons for lack of report like fear or shame
-Offenders then cant reoffend

Question 18

Examples of procedural change

Answer 18

Same sex doctor
Wasting time 101 not 999
Fear of court video link