3.1 - Explain the role of agencies in social control Flashcards
What are the 6 agencies??
Police
Prisons
CPS
Charites and Pressure Groups
Probation Service
Judiciary
Who/What are charities and pressure groups and what is their aim??
Voluntary and non-profit organisations that are independant from gov control.
There aim is too promote the welfare and interests of people they are concerned about such as ex-convicts or victims of crime.
What is a charity specifically??
Organisations set up to provide help to those in need.
What is a pressure group specifically??
Organisations that campaign to acheive change.
What is example of a charity/pressure group??
NACRO
What is Nacro??
National association for the care and resettlement of offenders.
Founded in 1966
Seeks to change lives, strengthen communities and prevent crime.
What services do Nacro offer??
Housing - Provided over 3000 houses
Education - 2018 4900 people studied
Resettlement advice - employment/education
Outreach projects - keeps them busy so no re-offend
What is an example of a Nacro campaign??
To change laws and policies - Ban the Box - aims to let people apply for jobs to compete by not having to check a box for previous criminal convictions
How is Nacro funded and what is their scope??
50 million this year.
Gov, donations, contracts
Local impact across 50 parts of england and wales and they work with anytime of offender - young people who have been excluded from mainstream school
How do prisons excerise social control??
They control when the offenders eat, sleep and excersise.
Punish those who dont conform and have incentives for those who do.
E.g Spending, video games, tv and visits
What are prisons aims??
Protect Public from harm
Rehabilitate offenders
Punish those who commited the crime
What types of crime/offenders do this apply to??
Triable-either way or indictable where prison is required.
The offender cannot safely serve their sentence in the community.
How are prisons funded??
Gov pays by general tax.
2024 buget was 11 billion
In 22-23 average cost was 50,000 per prisoner
What is the scope of prisons??
Nationally organised through Cats A,B,C,D
Belmarsh is cat A
What are the beliefs of the probation service??
The belief that offender can change for the better and become a responsible member of society
Belief in the worth and dignity of the individual
Commitment to social justice, equality and diversity
What are the aims of the probation service??
To supervise high risk offenders who have been released into the community.
To support victims of serious sexual and violent crimes.
To protect the public by rehabilitating the offender by attacking the root cause of the offending.
What is the scope of the probation service??
Locally with offenders nationally.
250,000 on licence at any given time
Works with police and local councils
Can be serving sentence in community or have served and are on licence - at least two years in prison must spend one year on licence
What are the working practices of the probation service??
Communicate with the victim if one year in prison and it was violent crime.
Prepare pre sentence reports for the courts to give the best sentence.
Assesses those about to be on licence
How is the probation service funded??
National Probation Service is part of prison
2023 -11 billion
Gov gave out CRCs who got funding for hitting rehabilitation targets - led to corruption
Community Rehabilitation Companies
What are the aims of the police??
Keep peace and maintain order
Bring offenders to justice
Prevent, detect and investigate crime
How are the police funded??
2023-2025 - 15 billion
Central Government
Local council tax
Charging for police services - football
What is the scope of the police??
National but have regional forces.
All crimes and all offenders
What is the aim of the CPS??
Set up in 1986 under Prosecution of Offence Act 1985.
Took over from police to prevent biases.
What are the CPS values??
Independance and fairness
Honesty and openness
Equality and inclusion
How is the CPS funded??
500 million but gain some back when offenders have to pay and if assests have been seized
What is the scope of the CPS??
All cases and all defendants
National but works local - CPS direct is 24/7 access for police
Aims of the judicairy??
Equality
Competance
Impartality
How is the judicary funded??
Supreme justices are on £250,000
What is security of tenure??
Seinor judges cannot be dissmissed by government ministers so they can find against the governement free of repurcussions
What is the scope of the judicary??
All offences and offenders
Magistrates and Crown deal with cases locally
Supreme court deals with cases of national importance.
