AC 3.4 - Evaluate the effectiveness of agencies in achieving social control Flashcards
How are the police good at achieving social control?
- They are able to charge, caution and arrest suspects to individually and generally deter crime.
- They can stop, search, detect, arrest and interrogate suspects = social control.
How are the police bad at achieving social control?
- Accused of playing to moral panics by asking the BBC to film their raid on Sir Cliff Richard (2014)
- Highlights problems with falling response rates and slow response times with domestic abuse cases (2017)
- Macpherson Report (1999): institutional racism and ethnic minorities underrepresented.
How are the CPS effective in achieving social control?
- They advise police on what evidence to collect in order to be admissible in court.
- They provide evidence for unduly lenient cases.
- They apply the Evidential Test, Threshold Test and Public Interest Test to evidence.
How are the CPS ineffective in achieving social control?
- Accused if dropping ‘weaker’ cases to improve conviction rates.
- Accused of dropping ‘weak’ rape cases (September 2018).
- Rape reports doubled and prosecutions fell (2014-2018). Alison Levitt said that they only prosecute ‘safe’ rape cases.
- Social control for rape has decreased.
How are the judiciary effective in achieving social control?
- They have high knowledge and expertise.
- Judicial precedent.
- Ensures fairness (due process model).
How are the judiciary ineffective at achieving social control?
- Claims of over-lenient sentences have increased.
- 141 serious offences prison sentences were increased by the unduly lenient sentences schemes (2016).
- 74% of judges went to private education, 95% are white, 71% are male (no understanding of other backgrounds).
How are prisons effective in achieving social control?
- Good security: only 2 escapes per year.
- Retribution
- Deterrence
- Public Protection
How are prisons ineffective at achieving social control?
- Prison population increased by 43,000 to 83,000 (1993-2019). Causes difficulty in rehab programmes
- Strangeways
- Recent rise in drug smuggling e.g. spice
- Poor safety: 47000 self harm, 69 suicides (2018)
How is probation effective in achieving social control?
- Probation supports rehab
- NPS are successful
- 70% housing needs met by NPS
How are probation services ineffective in achieving social control?
- CRC’s failed to help victims from abusers when released from prison.
- Shortage of probation officers.
When did the police ask the BBC to film the raid on Cliff Richard?
2014
When was there highlights with falling response rates and slow response times for domestic abuse within the police force?
2017
When was the Macpherson Report produced?
1999
When were the CPS accused of not taking ‘weak’ rape cases?
September 2018
In what time period did rape reports doubled but prosecutions fell with the CPS?
2014-2018
Who said that the CPS only prosecute safe rape cases?
Alison Levitt
What did Alison Levitt say about the CPS?
That they only prosecute safe rape cases.
How many prison sentences were increased by the Unduly Lenient Sentences Scheme?
141
When did 141 serious prison sentences increase by the Unduly Lenient Sentences Scheme?
2016
What scheme increase unduly lenient prison sentences?
Unduly Lenient Sentences Scheme
What percentage of the judiciary are male?
71%
What percentage of the judiciary are white?
95%
What percentage of the judiciary attended private education?
74%
What percentage of housing needs are met by NPS?
70%
