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AC 3.4 - Evaluate the effectiveness of agencies in achieving social control Flashcards

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How are the police good at achieving social control?

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  • 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.
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How are the police bad at achieving social control?

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  • 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.
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How are the CPS effective in achieving social control?

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  • 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.
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How are the CPS ineffective in achieving social control?

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  • 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.
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How are the judiciary effective in achieving social control?

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  • They have high knowledge and expertise.
  • Judicial precedent.
  • Ensures fairness (due process model).
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How are the judiciary ineffective at achieving social control?

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  • 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).
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How are prisons effective in achieving social control?

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  • Good security: only 2 escapes per year.
  • Retribution
  • Deterrence
  • Public Protection
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How are prisons ineffective at achieving social control?

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  • 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)
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How is probation effective in achieving social control?

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  • Probation supports rehab
  • NPS are successful
  • 70% housing needs met by NPS
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How are probation services ineffective in achieving social control?

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  • CRC’s failed to help victims from abusers when released from prison.
  • Shortage of probation officers.
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When did the police ask the BBC to film the raid on Cliff Richard?

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2014

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When was there highlights with falling response rates and slow response times for domestic abuse within the police force?

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2017

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When was the Macpherson Report produced?

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1999

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When were the CPS accused of not taking ‘weak’ rape cases?

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September 2018

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In what time period did rape reports doubled but prosecutions fell with the CPS?

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2014-2018

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Who said that the CPS only prosecute safe rape cases?

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Alison Levitt

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What did Alison Levitt say about the CPS?

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That they only prosecute safe rape cases.

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How many prison sentences were increased by the Unduly Lenient Sentences Scheme?

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141

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When did 141 serious prison sentences increase by the Unduly Lenient Sentences Scheme?

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2016

20
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What scheme increase unduly lenient prison sentences?

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Unduly Lenient Sentences Scheme

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What percentage of the judiciary are male?

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71%

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What percentage of the judiciary are white?

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95%

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What percentage of the judiciary attended private education?

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74%

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What percentage of housing needs are met by NPS?

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70%

25
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From what time frame did the population of prisons almost double?

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1993-2019

26
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From 1993-2019 how much did prison population increase?

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43000-83000

27
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What rise in drugs are smuggled into prisons?

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Spice

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How many prison escapes are there a year in the UK?

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2

29
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How many self harm cases were there in 2018?

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47000

30
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How many prison suicides were there in 2018?

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69

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When were there 47000 self harm cases in prison?

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2018

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When were there 69 prison suicides?

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2018

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