A.C 3.4

Question 1

What are the strengths of the police?

Answer 1

• community services= advice, prevent crimes, keep public safe
• specialist units
  willingness to change and become more effective
• held to account by the the Police and Crime Commissioner

Question 2

What are the limitations of the police?

Answer 2

• high level of unrecorded crime reported to them
• rise in crime rates
• institutionally racist (McPherson’s report)
• Honey trap (Colin Stagg)

Question 3

What are the strengths of the CPS?

Answer 3

• independent element
• full code test is uniform and fair
• promotes the rights of witnesses and victims
• advices police
• staffed by/instructs qualified legal personnel

Question 4

What are the limitations of the CPS?

Answer 4

• centralized system is bureaucratic
• too closely linked to the police
• failure to provide evidence in case of Sally Clark and Liam Allen
• Damilola Taylor

Question 5

What are the strengths of the judiciary?

Answer 5

• judges ensure fair trials
• experienced and highly qualified lawyer
• system of precedent for consistency
• application of law and rules of interpretation
• judicial independence

Question 6

What are the limitations of judiciary?

Answer 6

• appeals due to wrongful convictions or lenient sentences
• Not in touch
• questionable decisions (Victoria Parry no prison because female)

Question 7

What are the strengths of prison?

Answer 7

• protects public
• prevents crime while incarcerated
• rehab and resettlement
• treatment, education and training

Question 8

What are the limitations of prison?

Answer 8

• high recidivism rates
• offending in prison include violence and drugs
• National Response Group for prison riots
• increase in suicide rates

Question 9

What are the strengths of probation?

Answer 9

• quality of work is good and leadership strong
• rehabilitation
• working with offenders to find housing, employment

Question 10

What are the limitations of probation?

Answer 10

• part privatization with 21 community rehabilitation companies
• negligible effect on reducing re offending
• not properly risk assessing
• pre-sentencing reports poorly focused

Question 11

What are the strengths of Charities and pressure groups?

Answer 11

• fill the gap of other agencies
• support inmates and families
• campaign for better conditions and fairer treatment

Question 12

What are the limitations of Charities and Pressure Groups?

Answer 12

• lack of government funding so have to rely on donations
• overlap of work= could work together more effectively as they are competing with each other