Unit 2: Crime and The Law Flashcards
What are the 5 categories of crime?
- Non-sexual crimes of violence
- Sexual Crimes
- Crimes of dishonesty
- Damage and Reckless Behaviour
- Crimes against society
What is a non-sexual crime of violence and give a statistic of it
- Murder, attempted murder, serious assault
- Accounted for 24% of all crimes recorded in Scotland 2021-22
What is a sexual crime and give a statistic of it
- Rape, sexual assault, attempted rape
- Made up 5% of all recorded crimes in Scotland in 2021-22
What is a crime of dishonesty and give a statistic of it
- Housebreaking, fraud, other theft
- Made up 32% of all recorded crimes in Scotland in 2021-22
What is a damage and reckless behaviour crime and give a statistic of it
- Fire raising, vandalism
- Made up 15% of all recorded crimes in Scotland in 2021-22
What is a crime against society and give a statistic of it
- Possession of drugs or illegal weapon
- Made up 21% of all recorded crimes in Scotland in 2021-22
What is an economic cause of crime? (E)
- Social exclusion
- the act of making certain groups in society feel isolated and unimportant
- young people aged 12-13 excluded from school commit petty crimes due to boredom
- Half of the uk prison population ran from home as a child compared to 11% of the general population
What is a social cause of crime? (U)
- Upbringing
- Children who are brought up in substance-abusing households
- They are deprived of love and attention cashing them to feel a lack of empathy
- More likely to be involved with gangs, substance abuse, shoplifting and vandalism
What is a biological cause of crime? (G)
- Genetics
- People believe some are just born as criminals
- It is claimed people have a “warrior gene” (MAOA gene) which possessors are more likely to experience higher levels of aggression if provoked
- Those with the gene are 13x more likely to have a history of repeated violent behaviour
What is an impact crime can have on a victim? (S)
- Social
- It may effect there relationships from lack of confidence
- They might not want to go outside
- A victim of a burglary may not want to leave the house incase it happens again
What is an impact crime can have on a victim? (P)
- Physical
- May be bruised or have broken bones
- May be left with mental conditions like stress or depression
- A victim of a stabbing may be unable to move without feeling intense pain
What is an impact crime can have on a perpetrator? (S)
- Social
- Can loose touch with family and relatives
- Those given a prison sentence can lose contact with loved ones
- Those who commit a white collar crime can be shunned by friends, family, and colleagues
What is an impact crime can have on a perpetrator ? (P)
- Physical
- a high amount of prisoners face drug abuse inside the prison
- Mental health may be affected with self harming a common issue
- Some prisoners enter prisons clean and then leave with addictions
What is an impact crime can have on a community? (S)
- Social
- Poor health due to significant levels of drug and alcohol abuse
- Decreased education standards due to concerning discipline levels and attendance
- Drumchapel is one of the biggest effective places in Glasgow socially by significant crime rates
What is an impact crime can have on a community? (F)
- Financial
- Communities can recieve a bad reputation due to crime rates
- Companies and businesses don’t want to settle in such areas causing a lack of job opportunities
- Auchinleck is a community which is heavily effected by this
What is an impact crime can have on a wider society? (F)
- Financial
- Paying for police courts and prisons is expensive
- The NHS has to spend money to treat drug addicts and victims to violent crimes
- On average, it costs the British taxpayer £32,000 a year to keep someone in prison
What is an impact crime can have on a wider society? (P)
- Physical
- The environment of poor areas may be run down due to crime
- Vandalism and arson can make certain areas look really unwelcoming
- On the 25th of September 2023, Ayr’s Station Hotel was burned down causing the area to look depreciated
Describe, in detail, the role of the police. (A)
- Arrest and detain
- They have the power to detain or arrest and charge anyone who breaks the law
- They can also detain anyone who they have reasonable doubt and evidence that they have committed a crime
- The police arrested 3 individuals for the station hotel fire
Describe, in detail, the role of the police. (R)
- Respond to emergencies
- If an urgent crime has been committed the police will respond immediately
- If a stabbing is underway it is there duty to track the criminal and arrest them
- On the 25th of October 2023, two men were jailed for serious organised crime offences in Glasgow
Describe, in detail, two divisions of the police in scotland. (T)
- Traffic department
- Have a range of responsibilities including dealing with accidents or escorting emergencies or VIP’s
- The officers have to be skilled drivers and must take special courses to be able to drive at high speeds
- The police in Lanarkshire arrested a 52 year old man for dangerous driving as his car hit 3 children on a pedestrian crossing
Describe, in detail, two divisions of the police in scotland. (M)
- Mounted police
- They’re called for mostly crowd control duties
- They’re also deployed while searching areas such as moorland or fields
- They’re common to find outside Hampden Park for football matches and concerts
Describe, in detail, two ways in which police tackle crime in scotland. (C)
- Community policing
- Officers are deployed in local areas and communities.
- They are meant to provide a recognisable and trusted face in which people can receive advice from and report crime
- In East Ayrshire, community policing has be used to deminish anti-social behaviour through working with businesses and parents
Describe, in detail, two ways in which police tackle crime in scotland. (V)
- CCTV
- Closed Circuit Television which is employed in areas with no neighbourhood watch or not often police on patrol routes
- it relays images back to police headquarters
- there’s over 3000 cctv cameras used in scotland by law enforcement
Explain, in detail, two reasons why some people believe the police are effective at tackling crime. (#)
- # notmyfriend campaign
- Helps stop and prevent online child absue
- helps to rehabilitate offenders and prevent reoffending
- an offender was able to rehabilitate and take town offensive websites with help of the police