Ac4 Flashcards
Two individualistic theories informing policy development
Physcoanalysis treatment cof criminal behaviour and behaviour modification
What is pyschoanalysis
A treatment where the patient verbalise their thoughts through a variety of methods
The method aims to find out the thoughts that are believed to lead to criminal activity
E.g embedded trauma
Did physcoanalysis work
Very time consuming and is unlinked to provide quick answers
The nature of this experiment creates a power imbalance which could raise ethical issues
What is behaviour modification
Focuses on techniques to extinguish undesirable behaviours and promote desirable ones
The token economy
This is where a token is given for desirable action which is later exchanged for a treat
For example a prisoner may ba Edale to have more visits from friends or family
The prisoners is simply rewarded for desirable behaviour and punished for undesirable behaviour
Biological theories informing policy development
Neurochemicals
Eugenics
Death penalty
Neurochemicals study
Reschedule et Al 2002
231 young male adult prisoners volunteer to receive either a daily vitamin mineral or a placebo drug
Results showed disciplinary incidents reduced by 35 percent for the people who took the drug whereas only 6.7 percent for placebo drug
What does the gesch et Al study show
Demonstrates thag it is possible for diet to positively impact on aggressive behaviour which may turn into less crime
Schoenthatler 1982 found that reduces sugar adverts reduced anti social behaviour by 48 percent
Eugenics claimed what
Inheritance of genes could explain the presence of simple and complex human behavioural statistics
An example of eugenics
Nazi sterilisation programme
Reproduced people with aryan race
Didn’t want to give birth to criminal offspring
Young girls were took away from their home to reproduce with nazi army officers
In 2015 due to moral and ethical reasons a UK judge gave an order with a mother of six with learning disabilities to be steralised
Death penalty take place
Temporary abolition in 1965 and as murder did not take place often it was fully abolished in 1969
However in America the murder rate was 25 percent higher in death penalty which suggest it is not a deterrant
What are the sociological theories informing policy development
Penal populism
Prison
Zero tolerance
Restorative justice
Cctv
Multi agency approach
What is penal populism
Refers to the government’s attempted at proposing laws to punish offenders that will be popular with the general public
What did Tony Blair do
Introduced punitive laws to be tough on crime and this has resulted in punishments including automatic life sentences for a second serious offence and minimum fixed term custodial sentences
Do prisons work
Prison population has risen by 70 percent in the last 30 years
Scotland England Wales gave the largest imprisonment rates in Western europe
The prison system has been overcrowded every year since 1994
What is the zero tolerance policy
Policy demands that all crimes are acted on, no matter how trival they are favoured by right realists
Based on the broken windows theory
Suggests a link between disorder and crime
Does zero tolerance work
In new York since 1993 major crime fell by 39 percent and the UK saw similiar results
However it could be argued that long term effects in policy are unknown as it works well in heavy populated areas with high policing levels and large amounts of petty crime
What is restorative justice
A voluntary process involving the person what has suffered the harm and the person who has caused harm
It is used in prison and police forcing plus government funding had been provided to the police and crime comissioners to make the process available to victims of crime
Does restorative justice work
Does work as it can allow a victim a voice in the criminal justice system ajd can make offenders accountable for their actions by allowing them to take responsibility for them
85 percent of victims who took part were satisfied with the process
The use of cctvv in a criminal investigation is an invaluable technique
Ir is one of their first requests made by the police at enquiries
Rhe indeitfication of a potential perpetrator or suspect of a criminal act is very difficult if cctv footage is not available