police

Question 1

underlying philosophy

Answer 1

-keep society safe
-cut levels of crime
-be tough on crime
-keep professional at all times

Question 2

aims and objectives

Answer 2

-protect the public
-bring safety to those on the street
-uphold law firmly and safely
-support victims
-provide external control

Question 3

working practices

Answer 3

-divided into constabularies
-43 in England and Wales
-123,000 police officers
-certain role are shared within constabularies
-various jobs responding to non emergency and emergency situations

Question 4

funding

Answer 4

-funded by central government
-1/3 comes from council tax
-total budget in 2018/19 was 12.3 billion pounds

Question 5

strengths

Answer 5

-provide an element of safety meaning people can trust authority meaning external control is accomplished
-attend to both emergency and non emergency situations meaning they are maintained widely in society

Question 6

weaknesses

Answer 6

-the police may hold bias and prejudice towards certain cases- e.g Stephen Lawrence
-inadequate training due to poor funding means they can mishandle serious situation, meaning there is no social control