Responses to crime - government Flashcards
Two ways the gov has tried to tackle crime in the uk
P- Making drink-drive limits clearer by reducing the maximum limit.
E-This means that there should be fewer road traffic accidents, deaths and injuries.
E-People are less likely now to drink at all if driving given that the legal limit has been lowered from 80mg to 50mg of alcohol in every 100ml of blood.
PF -Funding prevention and early intervention programmes such as No Knives Better Lives.
E-This is a youth programme that works with councils, police and youth groups to deliver a range of activities and events to get the message across to young people about the dangers and consequences of carrying a knife.
E- 18 of the 32 local authority areas in Scotland are involved in the initiative.
How the government have been effective in tackling crime
P-No Lives, Better Lives initiative.
E- This programme educates young people about the dangers of carrying a knife and the consequences it can have on their future.
E-This response is effective because crimes of handling an offensive weapon have dropped significantly in Scotland by almost 64% from 2007/09 to 2016/17.
E-Violence Reduction Unit.
E-This is a multi-agency approach to gang violence funded by the Scottish Government. Paramedics, police, former offenders and relatives of those killed in gang violence speak to young people to educate them about the consequences. This response is effective because there has been a significant drop in gang crime and violent crime over a decade.
E- Over the ten year period from 2009-10 to 2018-19, the number of homicide cases in Scotland fell by 25% (20 cases) from 80 to 60.
Two ways the government has been ineffective in tackling crime
P- There is a knife crime epidemic in London.
E-The London Major introduced the Mayor’s Knife Crime Strategy in June 2017 which aimed to target people who carry knives, take weapons of the streets and educate young people to prevent knife crime.
E- This has not worked because 40 knife offences a day were reported to the police and a person was knifed to death on average every four days in London in 2017 and 2018.
P-Lowering the drink drive limit in Scotland.
E-In December 2014 the Scottish government reduced the legal alcohol limit for driving from 80mg to 50mg in every 100ml of blood with the aim of reducing road traffic accidents and injuries/fatalities.
E-Research by the University of Strathclyde in 2018 showed that the lowered legal limit has had little effect on the number of road fatalities.
