AC3.3 Examine the limitations of agencies in achieving social control

Question 1

how many people are currently in prison in the uk

Answer 1

over 85,000

Question 2

which country has lowest prison rate in western europe

Answer 2

norway

Question 3

by how much was the budget for HM prison service reduced between 2010-11 and 2014-15

Answer 3

20%

Question 4

overall cost for a prison place in england and wales

Answer 4

£46,696

Question 5

what are the 6 civil liberties

Answer 5

freedoms of speech
freedoms of movement
freedoms of arbitrary arrest
freedom of assembly
freedom of association
freedoms of religious worship

Question 6

how does SLT link with offending

Answer 6

offenders learn and copy from each other within the prison system . they can become better criminals, learning and practicing skills from others to encourage to continue to offend on release from prison

Question 7

how does right realism link with offending

Answer 7

right realists argue that prison works. offenders are rational actors and consider the consequences of their crimes when deciding to offend. however the high rate of recidivism suggest that this isn’t true

Question 8

how does marxism link with offending

Answer 8

marxists argue that unemployed offenders are more likely to re offend as they have little chance of meeting their needs living on nothing other than benefits-this also fits with MERTONS STRAIN THEORY- prisons are run by the bourgeoisie who don’t reskill prisoners, in order to keep them in their place.

Question 9

how many males reoffend within the first year of release, how does this change for those serving less than 12 moths

Answer 9

51%
increases too 63%

Question 10

how is facial recognition a breach of civil liberties

Answer 10

-violates privacy rights
-breaks protection&equality laws
-lack of safeguarding on who’s image is on watch list

Question 11

why is the use of facial recognition being challenged in court?

Answer 11

police use of intrusive and discriminatory facial recognition violates privacy rights and breaks data protection be equality act

Question 12

how does the due process model limit agencies in achieving social control

Answer 12

obstacle course too many barriers, justice delayed as there’s too many procedures to follow.

Question 13

pace as a limitation in social control

Answer 13

right to duty solicitor
must be told reason for arrest

Question 14

how do shorter sentences limit social control

Answer 14

dont give enough time to do the intestine work needed to address deep seated problems such as drug dependency. limited axes o appropriate courses

Question 15

what is the % cut in prison officers

Answer 15

15%

Question 16

what’s the impact of a cut in prison officers

Answer 16

less supervision of prisoners in activities the will help their rehabilitation.
increased violence and drug use due to lack of supervision

Question 17

what’s the effect of limited opportunities for release in temporary licence(ROTL)

Answer 17

staff shortages means few trusted prisoners are allowing to attend training,employment and job interviews

Question 18

hats the effect of inadequate resources for education training

Answer 18

in 2020 chief inspector of prisons said half prisons inspected had too few programs of useful activity, fewer than 214 were good or reasonably good activities

Question 19

hi w did covid 19 effect rehabilitation efforts

Answer 19

prisoners kept in cells for 23hours a day- no chance to rehabilitate in an our. isolated from each other

Question 20

what obstacles prevented HMP Birmingham from being able to rehabilitate their prisoners?

Answer 20

december 2016 worst prison riot in 2 decades.
officers forced to retreat
300 prisoners ended up being moved to other prisons due to overcrowding

Question 21

why is release on temporary licence

Answer 21

prisoners serve the remainder of their sentence in the community under the supervision of the probation service

Question 22

how is lack of money a problem for newley released prisoners

Answer 22

£76 discharge gent on release is very little money, some have accumulated debt

Question 23

how is lack of a job a problem faced by newer released prisoners

Answer 23

only 1/4 of prisoners have a job to go to on release
26% employed after 6 month of release
half of respondents in survey said the wouldn’t employ an ex offender

Question 24

how is homelessness an problem in newley released offenders

Answer 24

only about 1/2 of offenders have settled accommodation on release. prisoners lose entitlement to housing benefit after 3 weeks in prison

Question 25

what was the budget cut for the police between 2018-19, ho many officers lost

Answer 25

19%, 20000 officers lost

Question 26

consequences of underfunding in police force

Answer 26

more stress/ staff absences
failure to disclose info to cps/cases collapsing
shortcuts kept does court cases

Question 27

what was the budget cut of the cps between2010-2018

Answer 27

25%

Question 28

effect of the cps budget cut

Answer 28

fewer prosecutors for heavier case loads
delays i getting cases to court
downgrading charges so prosecution can happen faster and cheaper