ac3.4: evaluate the effectiveness of agencies in achieving social control - judiciary

Question 1

how do the judiciary achieve social control?

Answer 1

• provide a sentence to the offender
• explain the law to the jury
• ensure fairness in court

Question 2

how are the judiciary effective?

Answer 2

• they take an oath before each case there they swear to be fair and impartial
• they are highly trained

Question 3

statistics - effective

Answer 3

• gov = women are well represented (they make up to 42% of judges)
• there’s been a gradual increase in representation of ethnic minorities (7 to 11% of all judges)

Question 4

how are the judiciary ineffective?

Answer 4

• they can be wrong, biased and cause a moj
• issues with representation - compared to the jury they’re more likely to be middle aged white men
• could influence the jury when explaining the law to them
• easily biased, especially when there’s no jury

Question 5

statistics - ineffective

Answer 5

• guardian = 59,532 cases waiting to be dealt with by crown courts at end of march 2021, increased by 45% from past year
• bromley briefings = backlog of about 40,000 cases before covid, increased by 45% by 2022

Question 6

cases - ineffective

Answer 6

• stuart hall = first got 15 months, judge criticised as offences were very serious (sex offences against children), increased to 30 months
• ian patterson = first got 15 years, judge criticised due to the amount of victims (over 1000), changed to 20 years

Question 7

quotations - ineffective

Answer 7

guardian:
- ‘justice system failing victims’
- ‘chronic underfunding’
- ‘rape has effectively been decriminalised’
- ‘judiciary are institutionally racist’