Module 2 Flashcards
Problem Analysis Triangle (PAT Analysis)
Victim - Protection Of
Location - Surveillance Of
Offender - Target/Persuading Offenders to Cease
SARA Process
Scanning - identifying problem/crime
Analysis - Assessment of available info
Response - Strategy chosen to deal with event
Assessment - Revew/Evaluation of Impact./Effectiveness
Who may you work with in a partnership approach?
Social
Health
Education
Housing
Probation
Community Safety Partnerships (CSPs)
Crime and Disorder Act 1998 established Community Safety Partnerships (CSPs)
Partnership working a statutory requirement
Attend a drink driving incident and notice the child in the vehicle is bruised, malnourished or withdrawn?
Report this to public protection desk and children’s services will become involved
Partnership Approach - Domestic Abuse?
- Social Services
- Relationship Services (Relate)
- Health Services
- Specialist Services (Women’s aid and refuges)
- Education
- Housing
Community Safety Partnerships
Aims
- Establish the level/extent of crime
- Consult widely with local population
- Develop a strategy aimed at tackling problem with clear action plan and responsibilities
- Review strategy periodically
- Work closely with local PCC
What do Community Safety Units (CSU) involve?
CSUs co-ordinate local police with other local agencies such as councils and health trusts
Youth Offending Teams (YOTs)
- Work with young people at risk of offending or reoffending.
- Offer support through education/employment/work placements/counselling etc
- Run by local authorities and bring together different agencies
How can one help Community Cohesion in Local Policing
Identify potential susceptible communities and proactively make efforts to build relationships withn those communities.
Factors for less community cohesion can include
- Economic deprivation
- Lack of social facilities (schools, community halls, Drs, pubs)
- High crime rates
- Employment rates
- Housing
- Social Class
- Age profile
Criminal Liability
ACTUS REUS
MENS REA
Actus Reus
The action carried out - be it pulling trigger, drinking alcohol before driving
(occasionally can be failure to act but in limited scenarios) - failing to stop someone doing something criminal or failing to maintain a roadworthy vehicle
Mens Rea
Person’s thought or state of mind
- Dishonestly (e.g. fraud)
- Willfully (e.g. neglect children)
- Recklessly (e.g. drive recklessly)
- With Intent (e.g. steal)
For more serious offences the law requires the suspect has specific intent but for other offences, basic intent is sufficient
Summary Offences
Less serious crimes (common assault and drunken and disorderly) heard at Magistrates Court or Youth Court (10-17 years old)
Must be charged within six months of offence taking place
Either-way offences
Tried at either Magistrates or Crown Court
E.g. criminal damage up to £5,000 heard at magistrates
Indictable Offences
More serious crimes such as robbery, kidnap, rape or murder heard at Crown Court
Magistrates Courts
- Deal with less serious offences and make up majority (95%) of cases heard
- Summary or either-way cases
- May refer to crown court when powers for sentencing and insufficient
- Sometimes are special magistrates ourt set up for specific offences (road traffic/domestic abuse)
- If a defendant enters guilty please then consider whether sentencing powers are sufficient
- If pleads not guilty or no plea, hearing will decide where trial heard
- Defendant can request to be trialled by judge and jury
- All cases start in magistrate court
Youth Courts
- Less serious offences (like Magistrates) but defendant is between 10 and 17 years old.
- If a serious offence, is still heard at Crown
- If a youth is jointly charged with adult, is heard at Magistrates or Crown
County Court
Hear civil cases but may occasionally crossover if injunction is issued that may need enforcing (powers of arrest attached to injuction etc).
Adversarial Justice System in the UK
Two advocates represent parties in court to an impartial judge or jury
Differs from inquistorial system where defendant is questioned by judge directly
Adversarial system prioritises rights of defendant which is why important police officers understand relevant practices
Crown Court
- Hears indictable or either way offences
- Also can hear appearls from magistrates or youth court
- Heard by judge and jury
Court of Appeal
Hears appeals (criminal and civil) from crown/high court and rarely direct from magistrates/youth
Supreme Court
Where points of law are appealed to
Coroners Court
How/when/where a death happened
Deaths that are violent/unnatural/sudden/unknown/in prison
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE)
A - Stop and Search
B - Search of Premises
C - Detention, treatment, and questioning of suspects
D - Identification of suspects
E - Audio-only recording of interviews
F - Audi-visual recording of interviews
G - Power of Arrest
H - Detention, treatment and questioning of terrorist suspects
Uk Criminal Justice System is overseen by….?
A) Ministry of Justice
B) The Attorney General’s Office
C) The Home Office