AC3.1 Flashcards
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Police: role
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- Maintain law and order
- Work alongside communities
- Respond to calls from public
- Keep peace
- Interviews
- Prepare crime reports
- Attend and give evidence in court
2
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Police: reach
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- Geographical area
- 43 territorial forces
- Local (Norfolk & Suffolk)
- Income from central government grant & council tax bills
3
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Police: working practices
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- general beat (most officers start here)
- Neighbourhood officers (CID dealing with serious cases)
- PSCOs
4
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Other policing
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- special constables: trained volunteers
- Specialist operations
5
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CPS: role
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- Decide which cases should be prosecuted
- determines appropriate charge
- Advise the police
- prepares and presents cases in court
- provides information and support to victims and witnesses.
6
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CPS: philosophy
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- Independent and fair
- honest and open
- treat everyone with respect
- behave professionally and strive for excellence
7
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CPS: funding
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- recovers some costs from defendants
- recovers criminal assets through confiscation
- majority funds come from government
8
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CPS: reach
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- 13 geographical areas (North West)
- Code of practice in two parts: evidential tests and public interest
9
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CPS: tests
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- needs enough credible and reliable evidence
- Is it in the public interest?
10
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Judiciary: role
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- make decisions and uphold law
- explain procedure and legal issues
- decides which sentence is appropriate
11
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Judiciary: philosophy
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take two oaths
* allegiance
* judicial
12
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Judiciary: practices
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- independent
- make decisions based on law, evidence and facts
- independence is crucial
13
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Judiciary: Independence
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- free from political control
- not elected but appointment (with security of tenure)
- Salary is guaranteed and cannot be altered
14
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Prisons: role
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- Keep offenders in custody
- Helping them lead law abiding lives
- Work with courts and police
15
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Prisons: funding
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- Government funded - through taxes
- 2015: £3.4bn
16
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Prisons: working practices
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- Ran by HM Prison service *123, 14 are private
Types of prisons sentences
17
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Prison: sentences
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- Concurrent: served at the same time
- Consecutive: served one after another
- Suspended: carried out in community
- Determinate: 12 months of more (half in half out)
- Sentence less than 12, released after 6
- Life sentence (can be released on licence)
18
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Prison: Categories
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- A: high risk/max sec
- B: high risk to others
- C: low but not trusted
- D: very low risk
19
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Prison: privileges
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- Depends on behaviour
- Good behaviour proves privilege
- Rewards for behaviour (Skinner, token economy)
20
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Probation: role
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- Supervises high risk offenders released into society
- 30,000 offenders a year
21
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Probation: Philosophy
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- 35 probation trusts
- Government funded body - taxation
22
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Probation: Working practices
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- Prepare pre-sentence reports for courts
- Approving premises for offenders
- Assessing offenders in prison on whether they shall be released
- Helping offenders serving community sentences
- communicating with victims of sexual and violent offences.
