ADVANCED INFO: Topic 5 (Agencies of Social Control)

Question 1

Which two agencies are part of the advanced information?

Answer 1

The police and the judiciary

Question 2

Provide 4 aims and objectives of the police

Answer 2

Day to day, the police have a range of jobs with many aims in mind, including:

• Protecting the public/society
• Deter crime and reduce the crime level rate within society
• Uphold the law safely and firmly
• Provide external support of social control ti encourage conformity to social rules.

Question 3

Provide 4 points relating to the working practices of the police

Answer 3

• Divided into 43 constabularies across England and Wales with 123, 171 police officers in the UK.
• The police work directly with offenders, working with varying levels criminals from minor to major crimes, as they are responsible for enforcing the law.
• There are certain roles across the police which are shared across constabularies, for example a geographical profiler.
• There are various divisions for dealing with different crimes, including SOCOs, detectives, forensic specialists, armed response teams and profilers.

Question 4

Provide 4 aims and objectives of the judiciary

Answer 4

• Ensure that the law and legal security for the individual is upheld.
• Make sure that the law is applied and interpreted correctly.
• Give out sentences that are just/fair.
• Provide clarification on the law- whether that be through jury guidance or setting a new precedent.

Question 5

Provide 4 points relating to the working practices of the judiciary

Answer 5

• Operate in 4 courts- Crown Court, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Justice and the European Court of Justice.
• There are 77 Crown Courts across the UK, and 600 circuit judges currently working in the UK.
• Crown Courts, of which are all over the country, hold trials of indictable and triable either-way offences, such as murder and GBH.
• Judges have to take a oath of allegiance and the judicial oath.