3.3

Question 1

What were the recidivism rates

Answer 1

• in 2017 the rate was 30%
• The average number of re-offences per offender was 4 in 2009
• reoffending rates of those doing under a 12 months sentence was 64%
• they have fallen due to covid

Question 2

Reasons for recididsm

Answer 2

• full prisons
• longer prison setences

Question 3

Who reoffends

Answer 3

• those who serve time in prison
• males
• Dark figures those have reoffended but not been convicted

Question 4

What are part of the civil liberties

Answer 4

• freedom of speech
• freedom to protest
• freedom of movement
• Arbitarty arrest
• freedom from detention without a trial
• right to worship
• the right to privacy

Question 4

Theorys linked to recidvism

Answer 4

• Right realism: Those offenders are not afraid of the detterence
• Marxism - People have little chance in life after offending
  -Social learning theory: Younger criminals may learn from older criminals

Question 4

Legal barries in achieveing social control

Answer 4

• Civil liberties mainly have the traits from the due process model
• Barries wont allow state to exercise control without a good cause
• Deportation is an example

Question 5

What theories link to civil liberties

Answer 5

Marxism: Working class find themselves being arrested more than the ruling

• But they would say these rules are there for the working class

Question 6

Offenders of license in the community

Answer 6

• Lack of money- only recieve 46 pounds on discharge
• Lack of job- only a quarter have a job on the go
• Homeless- 1in9
• End friday release campaign

Question 7

The police budget cut- consequences

Answer 7

• Led to a fall in 20,000 police officers
• Resulting in cases being dropped to ‘balance the books’
  E.g. rape cases

Question 8

Consquences of budget cuts- CPS

Answer 8

between 2010-2018 budget was cut by a quarter

• Led to 1 third of staff being lossed
• Led to a failure of cases being investigated

Question 9

Consqeunces of budget cuts in prisons

Answer 9

Between 2010-2018 budget was cut by 16%

• Staff have fallen by 15% leading to assualts, suicide and self-harm.
• Overcrowding has affected rehabilition
• In 2016v HMP Birmingham riot raised concerns about private prisona

Question 10

Consequences of budget cuts on Probation Services

Answer 10

• National staff shortage
• Led to sub-standard performace of the private CRCS
• Shortcomings to keep victims safe
• Created a lack of confidence in the surg=face

Question 11

What are moral imperatives

Answer 11

• overriding of what is right and wrong

Question 12

Consequences of those with moral imperatives

Answer 12

• Can be difficult to chage the mind set of an offender with moral imperatives
• punishment is unliekly to change their views