AC3.4 Evaluate effectiveness of agencies in achieving SC

Question 1

Police - effective

Answer 1

• Available 24/7
• Police working in community help gain trust and support.
• Specialist units to deal with issues such s terrorism or incidents that happens with weapons.

Question 2

Police not effective - bias

Answer 2

• Institutional bias especially in practices such as stop and search where black people are mainly stopped compared to whites.
• This reduces trust in the police and undermines their legitimacy as an agency of social control.

Question 3

Police not effective - opinion

Answer 3

• Some members of public, especially those form marginalised groups, see them as oppressive or discriminative.
• E.G. opinion polls show varied levels of trust depending on age, race and social class impacting the sporting of crime.

Question 4

Police not effective - circumstances

Answer 4

• Dependent on the circumstances of specific context such as during events like protests and riots they may be more focused on maintaining public order.
• Actions vary dependent on government pressure, funds or poetical priorities.

Question 5

Police not effective - currency

Answer 5

-Recent events such as the murder of Sarah Everard by a police officer in 2021 raised serious concerns about police misconduct and abuse of power.
- This event damaged public trust, especially young women leading to people feeling unsafe or unwilling to report crimes, reducing the polices ability to maintain control.

Question 6

Police not effective - accuracy

Answer 6

• Police recorded crime statistics may not always show full picture such as domestic abuse and sexual offenses that can go unreported, making police seem more effective than they are.
• The pressure to meet targets might influence how crimes are recorded or investigated affecting their accuracy of effectiveness.