Crime

Question 1

Name some factors affecting the crime rate

Answer 1

1. Economic status of the area
2. Amounts of police present in an area
3. Drugs and alcohol present in the area

Question 2

What are some purposes of sentencing?

Answer 2

1. Rehabilitation
2. Public safety
3. Deterrence

Question 3

What are the roles of the police?

Answer 3

To investigate crimes and report them, ensure the safety of the public, arrest suspected criminals, enforce laws etc.

Question 4

What are the roles of legal representatives?

Answer 4

To provide guidance to clients, to argue for guilt/innocence for a person in a trial, to assert the rights for those they represent etc.

Question 5

What is criminal law?

Answer 5

Deals with issues with an individual and the state.

Question 6

What is civil law?

Answer 6

Deals with issues with an individual and an organisation

Question 7

Give examples of criminal crimes

Answer 7

Murder, assault, fraud, theft

Question 8

Give examples of civil crimes

Answer 8

Divorce, property law, custody

Question 9

Courts in the uk are _____________?

Answer 9

Hierarchical

Question 10

Name the hierarchy of the civil courts.

Answer 10

County court < high court of justice < court of appeal < Supreme court

Question 11

Name the hierarchy of the criminal courts.

Answer 11

Magistrates < crown court < court of appeal < Supreme Court

Question 12

What is the age of criminal responsibility in the uk

Answer 12

10

Question 13

What is the age of adulthood

Answer 13

18

Question 14

What act solidified human rights into law in the uk?

Answer 14

Human right act 1998

Question 15

Which law solidified equality in the uk.

Answer 15

Equality act 2010