Crime: Consequences

Question 1

Consequences of crime on victims

Answer 1

Trauma, physical injury, financial loss

Question 2

Consequences of crime on perpetrators

Answer 2

Loss of freedom, unemployment, homelessness

Question 3

Consequences of crime on families

Answer 3

Trauma/loss, shame, financial burdens

Question 4

Consequences of crime on communities

Answer 4

Loss of spirit/reputation, economic struggles, fear/safety concerns

Question 5

Consequences of crime on wider society

Answer 5

Economic impacts, new laws, decline of tourism

Question 6

Victims trauma example

Question 7

Victims physical injury example

Answer 7

In 2023-24, common assault, where the victim suffers physical injuries, made up 83% of non-sexual crimes of violence

Question 8

Victims financial strain example

Question 9

Perpetrators loss of freedom example

Answer 9

69 year old William Morgan was sentenced to 32 months in prison for his participation in the UK riots

Question 10

Perpetrators unemployment example

Question 11

Perpetrators homelessness example

Answer 11

Just over 50% of prisoners in the 2019 SPS survey reported that they had lost their accommodation as a result of their prison sentence

Question 12

Families trauma/loss example

Answer 12

After the murder of Julie Reilly, her family would have had to deal with the trauma and grief of losing her

Question 13

Families shame example

Answer 13

Colleen Muirhead’s grandchildren may have felt shame after she was arrested for embezzlement, they also would have lost the money she had embezzled and given to them in savings accounts

Question 14

Families financial struggles example

Answer 14

Colleen Muirhead’s grandchildren or

Question 15

Communities loss of spirit example

Question 16

Communities fear/safety concerns example

Question 17

Communities economic struggles example

Question 18

Wider society economic impacts example

Question 19

Wider society new laws example