3.2 gaps in state provision

how can a lack of resources produce gaps in state provision

limits on what taxpayers are willing to pay (more likely to fund a new hospital than a new prison)

how can increased use of technology produce gaps in state provision

technology has led to an increase in data investigation (takes around 600 hours to go through digital evidence in a rape case)

how can unreported crime lean to gap in state provision

• 40% of crime s supposedly not reported, which gives rise to a ‘dark figure of funding’

• over reliance on media/campaigns/ voluntary sector

how can lack of existing laws lead to a gap in state provision

new types of harm emerge but laws don’t change fast enough to forbid this new behaviour

eg. social media: privacy and hate speech