crime and law examples

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Example for poverty as an economic cause of crime

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Around 25% of all crimes item such as food or clothing

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Example for greed as an economic cause of crime

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Former SNP Natalie Mcgory has been jailed for embezzling money form pro independence groups

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Example for drugs and alcohol as a social cause of crime

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46% of violent crimes are alcohol related

In 2014 they changed the drink driving limits to 35ml to 22ml per 100ml of breath

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Example for Adverse childhood experience (ace) as a social cause of crime

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People with ace are 20 times more likely to have been in jail at 1 point on there life time

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Example of sex as a biological cause of crime

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84 % of crimes are committed by men

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Example for mental health as a biological cause of crime

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29% of criminals serving a community sentence have had a bad mental health

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Example for victim consequence how it effects their relationship with others

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41% of victims have had a negative relationship with family and friends after crime

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Example for consequence for the victim is emotional and mental instability

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81% of victims of violence reported being emotionally affected by incident

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Example for consequence for the perpetrator is unemployment

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Only 26.5% of prisoners enter employment after release

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Example for loss of family and support networks as a consequence for the perpetrator

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If Aaron Campbell were to ever be released from prison people will not want to assciate themselves with him

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Concqunce on the family for emotional distress

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Children of imprisoned parents are 5 time for likely to experience mental health problems

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Consequences on the fmaily for May face stigmatisation

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22% of children report being bullied as a direct result of having a parent in prison

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Consequences of crime for community is fear of crime

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50% of women have felt unsafe walking home at night in their local area

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Community consequences area will come run down

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Fergusite Park in Glasgow is one of the most deprived and run down area in Scotland because if high crime rate

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Wider society consequences cost of crime to businesses

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the cost of business in Scotland was over £5 billion

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Demands on NHS consequences on crime for wider society.

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In 2019 there was almost 5000 hospital admission related to stabbing

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High public confidence in the police- effective in tackling crime police

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57% of Scotland adults believed that their police were doing a excellent or good job in 2017/18

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Keeping the public safe effective in tackling crime police

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Aaron Campbell was arrested for rapeing and killing 6 year old alsha macphail

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Rise in violent crimes ineffective in tackling crime police

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Violet crime Scotland have risen by 10% in the past few years

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Gang crimes in Scotland ineffective at tackling crime police

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112 serious organised crime gangs in Scotland 72% West 18% East 10% North

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example for low crime rates as a reason the courts are effective at tackling crime

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Over past 10 years the total recorded crimes in Scotland has gone down by 22%

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example for deterring people from committing crime as a reason courts are effective as tackling crime

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Court can issue tough punishment for people who commit hate crime as a way to stop people being racist or homephobic

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example for Court is ineffective at tackling crime due to reoffending rates

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In 2017 the Scottish government they stopped 12month sentences as reoffending rates were at 30%

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example for Courts ineffective at tackling crime due to not proven verdict

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1 in 5 trails for rape result in not proven verdict

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example for Disadvantage of prion is over crowding in prisons

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Barlinnie is about 500 people above its normal capacity

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example for Disadvantage of prison is reoffending rates

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Reoffending rates were at 30% in 2017 with sentences under 12months

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example for Advantage of prisons is effective rehabilitation programmes

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Four programmes which help offender cope with life outside of prison 3.4 million to share between them

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example for Advantage of prisons is good from of punishment

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Aaron Campbell was sent imprisonment for life after raping and killing alesha macphail

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example for Advantage of non custodial sentence is reduces over crowed prisons

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In 2021 8,200 commity payback order was given out instead of prison

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example for Advantage gives back to the community non custodial sentences

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James younger has done 600 hours of community payback order and is now becoming a mentor to help people

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example for Disadvantage for non custodial sentences is less protection for the public

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Craig maclelland was murdered by James Wright with a knife after James sabotaged electro tag

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example for disadvantage of non-custodial sentence is that you cant access rehabilitation programs.

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Four programmes for rehabilitation have been giving 3.4 million to share between them

Question 33

Having a child supervised at home

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Some who has been truanting from school may face regular visits from a social worker to discuss and monitor their attendance

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example for remove a child from their home as a power of the child hearing system

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Around 14,000 children are removed from their home each year in Scotland under a compulsory supervision order

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example for Organised a panel as a role of the child hearing system

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In attendance you always have 3 penal members a teacher the child social worker family

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example for Investigate any referrals as a role of the child hearing system

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75% of all referrals come from the police

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example for Financial penalty as a power of the court

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Between August in 2020 and May 2021 12 843 fine were given out for those breaching lockdown rules

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Prevent crime through cctv

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It is estimated that cctv prevents an average of 16 crimes for every 100

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Protect the public as a role of the police

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The police plan in advance how they will keep the public safe during annual Edinburgh fringe festival

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example for community payback order as a power of the court

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in 2021 they gave out 8,200 community service orders

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example for no knifes better lives as a government response

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there has been a 85% reduction in the number of young people handing offensive weapons

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examples for gang crime as a government response being effective

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in the past 10years there has been a 60% decrease in gang murders

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example for knife crime as a government response being effective

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there has been a 35% reduction in knife crime since 2014

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example for knife crime as a government response being ineffective

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there has been 45 instances Glasgow were a child has used an offensive weapon to assault a teacher or student

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example for gang crime as a government response being ineffective

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112 serious organised gangs in Scotland

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example for keeping the public safe as a reason they are effective

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they arrested arron campbell for raping and killing alshea macphil

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example for high public confidence as a reason the police are effective

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57% of adults say they have a high confidence in the police

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example for gang crime as a reason the police are ineffective

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there has been 112 serious organised gangs in scotland

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example for rise in violent crime as a reason the police are ineffective

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violent crimes have risen by 10% in Scotland over the past few years

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example for protect the public as a role of the police

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aaron campbell was arrested for raping and killing aelsha macphil

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example for detecting crime as a role of the police

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it is an estimate that CCTV prevents an average of 16 crime for every 100

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example for stop and search as a power of the police

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if you are in scotland you are more likely to face stop and search then you are if you were in england

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example for entering premises

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mark renton has the police go into his house to gather evidence for his trail in Edinburgh for a drug offence

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example for punish criminals as a role of criminals

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For example, the Selkirk Sheriff Court charged Andrew Miller with the abduction of an 11-year-old girl who went missing in the Scottish Borders town of Galashiels, he is remanded in police custody.

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example provide justice as a role of the court

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the family of Julie Reilly said after the trail at the Glashow High Court that they felt they had justice because the killed Andrew Wallace had been convicted.