Uk Respones To Crime - Justice

Question 1

Custodial sentence (prison sentence) definition

Answer 1

• offender locked up for a period of time dependent upon severity of crime and likelihood of reoffending
• offender punished as freedom taken away

Question 2

Prison sentence (custodial) benefits and drawbacks

Answer 2

+ every prison in Scotland offers some sort of reform programme. e.g drug and alcohol rehabilitation or education in the hopes they will try to improve there own life
- prisons are expensive to run ( in 2013/2014 the Scottish gov reported that the Scottish prison service cost £264 million

Question 3

Tagging (non custodial) definition

Answer 3

• offender has electronic tag attached to their ankle. Enforces a physical boundary and curfew for a set period of time. Given for range of crimes such as anti- social behaviour

Question 4

Tagging (non custodial) benefits and drawbacks

Answer 4

+ cheaper than prison costs around £2000
+people are able to do from him removing them from busy prions
+can be tracked within two meters from their location particularly vital for those convicted of sex offences
- back inside by 7pm doesn’t mean they can’t commit during the day
- doenst always stop violence e.g Lewis singleton 18

Question 5

Harry fletcher on tagging

Answer 5

-National association of probation officers states “there’s still no evidence that it has reduced crime or prevented offender from committing further offences”

Question 6

Fines (non custodial) definition

Answer 6

• offender given an amount of money to pay back over a period of time. Often decided based upon level of income and ability to repay it given for crimes such as low-level traffic crime or drug possession.

Question 7

Fines ( non custodial) benefits and drawbacks

Answer 7

+keeps people out of prison for minor offences
+acts as deterrent
+able to tailor the cost of fines
-fines for speeding, illegal parking or littering are fixed penalty fines
- High reoffending rates for minor crimes
- ordinary citizens don’t know the law inside and out which means may commit a crime without knowing

Question 8

Community payback order (non custodial) definition

Answer 8

-offender sentences to a number of hours of unpaid work to complete within set time period. 30% of hours can be used to engage with therapeutic work or vocational learning

Question 9

Community payback order (non custodial) benefits and drawbacks

Answer 9

+less expensive helps reduce overcrowding in prisons to
+helps offender to rehabilitate themselves
+only £3000 is needed to send a person one year of community service on average prison is 12 times higher
- is it right to shame these people
-if they know scentence is light it won’t put them off
-offers little protection to society

Question 10

Tony Blair

Answer 10

“Tough on crime tough on the causes of crime”

Question 11

Prison statistics

Answer 11

The ‘Green paper’ evidence report where despite a 50% increase in the budget for prisoner and managing offenders from the year 2000 to 2010 almost half of all adult offenders realaesed from custody reoffended within a year