Contribution Of Agencies In Achieving Social Control

Question 1

What is environmental design

Answer 1

-Involves what a neighbour hood looks like and how it is designed to lower crime in the area
-CPTED - based on the idea that crime happens due to the opportunities presented by the physical environment

Question 2

What is prison design

Answer 2

-Traditional prison design is the panoptican shape (all seeing)
-Allows the observer to view all prisoners without the prisoners being aware they are being watched
-Prisoners can be seen but cannot communicate with other prisoners/prison officers

Question 3

Behavioural tactics

Answer 3

-tactics used by agencies to change a persons behaviour to make them more socially compliant
-ASBOs we’re introduced to limit and correct low level anti-social behavior
-CBOs are now used against anti-social offenders who have committed behavior that has caused alarm and distress

Question 4

Institutional tactics

Answer 4

-Institutions have their own methods of controlling undesired behavior through rules and punishments if these rules are broken
-In prisons, you would not be following the rules if you: caused damage to the prison, ignored the instructions of prison staff or threatened/attacked someone else

Question 5

Gaps in state provision

Answer 5

-Unreported crime: Police can only detect crime if it is brought to their attention and reported. This is why there is a ‘dark figure of crime’
-if no crime is reported, punishment cannot be sought after and therefore criminality can continue
-examples of crime with low reporting rates include domestic abuse and white collar crime