3.2 Describe the contribution of agencies to achieving social control Flashcards
How much lower did the Home Office find the burglary rates in SBD houses were?
30%
How much do gates cost and what is the benefit compared to the cost?
£728 per gate but the benefit is 2x the cost
Between 2000-2013 how many people were issued ASBOs?
24,000
Between 2000-2013 how many breached the ASBO conditions and how many breached repeatedly?
%8% breached conditions and 10,000 breached repeatedly
What sentence does breaching an injunction get?
-2yrs in prison for adults
-3 month detention for under 18s
How long to CBOs last?
- 2yrs for adults
-1-2yrs for under 18s
What sentence does breaching a CBO get?
-2yrs for adults
-2yrs detention for under 18s
Outline Hobbs and Holt’s study
-125 boys
-12-15yrs
-behaviour only lasted for the 14 month study
If someone breached prison rules for a serious offense how many days are added to their sentences?
42 days
Between 2010-2018 what were the police budget cuts?
19% budget cuts
What fall in police numbers did the budget cuts cause?
20,000
Between 2010-18 how much was the CPS budget cut by and how many staff were lost?
Budget cut by 1/4 and lost 1/3 of staff
Between 2010-18 how much was the prisons budget down by and how did this effect staff levels?
Budget down by 16% and staff levels by 15%
In a rape case, how many hours did it take to go through the digital material?
600
What % of crimes are reported to the police?
40%
How many attempted rapes are reported?
1 in 4
How many domestic abuse cases were there between 2019-20 and how many were recorded?
2.3 million cases but only 759,000 recorded
Summarise what Alice Coleman found in her study in london
analysed 4,099 blocks of flats in two london boroughs and concluded that the poor design produced higher rates of crime and anti-social behaviour
What are the three features of the blocks that Coleman thought encouraged crime?
Anonymity, lack of surveillance and easy escape
Who introduced ASBOs
Tony Blair’s New Labour Government in 1998
What is Germany’s law around social media?
Germany introduced a law in 2017 which requires for social media companies to quickly remove hate speech, fake news and illegal material or face fines up to 50m euros.
What is Australia’s social media law?
In April 2019, following the Christchurch massacre, Australia passed a law requiring companies to notify police or promptly remove videos depicting terrorist acts, murder, attempted murder, torture, rape or kidnap. Executives of companies who fail to comply may be liable for up to 3 years in jail
