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Question 1

finance

Answer 1

• PROBATION- annual report in 2019 found staff shortage leading to shortcoming and keeping victims safe because of privatisation of the service
• PRISON, budget fell by 16%, staff levels fell by 15% with experience prison staff leaving, led to self harm suicide overcrowding and a 60% recidivism rate DONT DO
• POLICE, budget cut by 19% in last eight years with 20,000 loss of police officers now dropping cases especially serious ones because they take too long to investigate
• CPS, budget cut by a quarter and lost a third of their staff, downgrading charges so cases can go to the magistrates DONT DO

Question 2

National and local policies DONT D

Answer 2

• if a new law prioritises a particular crime it may cause other crime to go neglected
• national, Serious Violence Strategy, attention must be on violent crimes
• local, Weapons Amnesties, focuses solely on weapons introducing moral panics
• s60, police officers given easier ability to stop and search

Question 3

environment DONT DO

Answer 3

• Home environment has an impact on whether they’ll stay out of the prison
• prison reform trust, prisoners less likely to offend if they receive family visits however 68% never got these visits
• fewer than 44% of prisoners received a positive rating from inspectors in 2015-16 for purposeful prison work (rehab)

Question 4

crime committed by those with moral imperatives DONT DO

Answer 4

• moral imperative- committing a crime based on morality
• Kay Gilderdale broke law by assisting suicide of seriously ill daughter but received lesser charge (shows it may be difficult to persuaded juries when they see an individuals act morally
• eg Suffragetees, Cat and Mouse act allowed S to be released from prison temporarily to get their health back from hunger strikes to be returned to prison