Unit 4 - AC3.3 - Examine the limitations of agencies in achieving social control Flashcards
what are the 6 limitations of agencies in achieving social control
1 recidivism / 2 civil liberties and legal barriers / 3 access to resources and support / 4 finance / 5 local and national policies / 6 moral imperatives
1 why is recidivism a limitation in achieving social control
if offenders reoffend then social control will never be achieved
1 in 2019, what was the reoffending rate in prison
36%
1 what is the population difference in prisons from now till 1993
double
1 why might the prison population have doubled
repeat offending and harsher sentences
1 what theory does recidivism link to
slt - offenders learning the behaviour from others in the system - become ‘better criminals’
2 what are civil liberties
basic rights and freedoms of citizens
2 what are the 7 civil liberties
freedom of speech / of movement / of assembly / of religious worship / from arbitrary arrest / from detention without trial / the right to privacy
2 why can civil liberties limit social control
if these freedoms are taken away, it can be seen as a restriction on achieving social control as they are rights
2 what theory does civil liberties
marxism - laws are needed to protect the working class from the elite controlling decisions
3 what are the 4 inadequate resources and support in prison
shorter sentences / inadequate resources fir training and education / officer number cuts / release on licence
3 what did the 2020 report into prison education and resource training find
1/2 of all prisons had not enough useful programmes
3 by what % have prison officer numbers fallen
15%
3 what are the 3 insufficient resources in the community
lack of money / lack of job / homelessness
3 how much money does a prisoner get as a discharge grant
£46
3 what fraction of prisoners have a job lined up for when released
1/4
3 what fraction of prisoners have no accom for release // how many weeks in prison for an accommodation to get lost
1/9 // 13 weeks
3 what are the 3 reasons for reoffending after a community sentence
inadequate support for complex needs / inadequate supervision by probation services / failure by the privatised rehab companies
4 why can finance be a limitation for social control
a lack of it can mean agencies are unable to operate effectively
4 by what % did police budget fall 2010-18
19% , 20,000 fall inn police numbers
4 what evidence is there to show that the police is dropping more cases
met police dropped 2.9 times more cases on the day they were reported in 2018 than 13 // rape cases take 129 days to solve but theft take 2
4 by what / did cps budget fall 2010-18
1/4 , 1/3 fall in staff
4 what was the cps accused of doing to charges
downgrading them so that they can be prosecuted in magistratesas its quicker and cheaper
4 by what % did prison budget fall 2010-18
19%, 15% fall in staff
