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Recorded Crime
P- Scottish Crime and Justice Survey
Ex - increase in number ot sexual offences
P- Police Recorded Crime
Ex- There was 57 murders in 23/24
Sociological Causes For Crime
P- Poor Role Models
Ex- Young Child Could Look Up To A Gang Leader
P- Drugs and Alcohol
Ex- 67% of violent crime is under the influence
Economic Causes for Crime
P- Unemployment
Ex- 22% of people who are unemployed and claim benefits have comitted crime
P- Poverty
Ex- 10% of most deprived areas in scotland cause 30% of arrivals in prison
Biological Causes of crime
P- Poor Mental Health
Ex- ADHD
P- Lambrosos theory
Ex- Long arms/ Tattoos
Consequence of crime on perpatrator
P- Unemployment
Ex- Andrew Wallace will struggle to find a job as hes in jail for 27 years
P- Jail/Loss of freedom
Ex- Paul green recieved 25 years for being the leader of a OCG
Consequence of crime on a victim
P- Effects mental health
Ex- can leave a victim scared to go places they have before
P- Fiancial Cost
Ex- Someone caught in a scam could go thousands in debt
Consequence Of Crime On Families
P- Negative Impact on Mental Health
Ex- Julie Reillys mother didnt appear in court
P- Impact on familiar relationship
Ex- If Andrew Wallace had kids they wouldnt have a Father Figure
Consequence Of Crime on Community
P-Vandalism
Ex- Burnbank is less desirable as the amount of gang grafitti
P- Community Spirit
Ex- Nidrie Edinburgh has a high police presents cause of 2 shootings
Adult Court System
P-High Court
Ex- Most serious types of crime (Rape,Murder)
P- Sherriff Court
Ex-Serious types of crime (Theft,assault)
P-Justice of the peace court (JOTP)
Ex- least serious types of crime( minor assaults)
Childrens Hearing System
P-ASBO Anti-social behaviour order
Ex- If a child was stealing ir vandalising
P-Supervision Requirement
Ex-If a child was mistreated at home would be re-located
Roles Of Police
P-Investigate
Ex-Spent over a year investigating julie reilly
P-Prevent
Ex- They made a campaign to prevent Modern Slavery (Break the chain)
Structure Of Police
P-Locality Police
Ex- Most high schools have a campus cop
P- Special crime devision (SCD)
Ex-Andrew Wallace case had involved them
Powers Of The Police
P-Stop and search
Ex- 32-307 involving search or seizure from june 2017 to may 2018
P- Arrest
Ex- 98,960 april 1st to march 31st 22/23 by police scotland
Police Are Ineffective
P- Number of unsolved Murders
Ex- 1000 unsolved murders since 1960
P-Recent Rise in violent crime
Ex- Non-Sexual crime has raised by 16% in recent recent years
Police Are Effective
P- Preventions Strategies
Ex- Hamilton Grammar have a community police officer (Campus Cop)
P- investigations they carry out
Ex- used many resources to gather more information on Julie Reilly (Dog and air unit)
Governmant Responses To Crime Effective
P- Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP)
Ex- it rised by 30% in 2024
P-Violence Reduction Unit (VRU)
Ex-non sexual violent crime down 20% since 2010
Government Responses To Crime Ineffective
P- Young People Carrying knifes still a problem
Ex-7,500 young people carry knifes
P-MUP not acted like a deterrent
Ex- 5000 DUI In 2015, 75000 DUI in 2021
Prison system being criticised
P-Amount of drugs in Scottish Prisons
Ex-5000 parcels where intercepted in HMP Barlinnie
P- Overcrowding in Scottish Prisons
Ex- Barlinne had 1.489 during inspect 40% over designed capacity
P-Staff Shortage
Ex- 2016-17 vacancies rose from 47-154
More Money Spent On Prisons
P- Chance To Educate Themselves
Ex- Young offenders HMP YOI Polmont can opt into different SVQ courses (engineering , Painting)
P- Keep Crominals away from society
Ex- Andrew Wallace sentenced to 27 years
Alternatives To Prison
P- It is cheaper
Ex- One prisoner costs £47,000 with £1,900 (community payback service
P-Combat Root of Offending Behaviour
Ex- Drug Treatment and testing order(DTTO) helps drug abuse
P-Prevent Overcrowding
Ex- Home Detention Curfews used to get offenders in and out of prison faster.
Key Features Of USA Political System
P-Seperation of power
Ex- The executive checks the work done by the legislative by carrying it out
P-No one branch can function without the other
Ex-Legislative make a law,Judical cant evaluate it if executive doesnt carry it out
Ways Citizens can participate in their politcal systen
P-Vote
Ex-In 2024 presidential elecetion Trump got more thah Kamala Harris
P-Protest
Ex-2020 BLM protests carried out after the death if george floyd
Political Rights US citizens have
P- Vote
Ex- In 2020 Joe Biden got more votes than Donald Trump in presential election
P- Join Political Party
Ex-Joe Biden Joined the democratic party in 1969
Groups UnderRepresented in USA
P-Young People
Ex-In 2020 election 52% of 18-29 turned out to vote
P- Women
Ex- In 2020 election only 120 women where elected to congress out of 535 seats
USA military influence on other countries
P- Most Money Spent
Ex-$800 billion spent
P-Amount of bases/nukes around world
Ex-7,000 nukes
Political influence on other countries
P-United Nations (UN)
Ex- Vote in veto reolutions that affect global security
P-NATO
Ex-Encourage other countries to follow foreign policy goals
Economic Influence on other countries
P-Attract Business
Ex-90,000 jobs are in American companies
P-Tourism
Ex-USA citizens spent £500mil and made over 450,00 trips to scotland
Some Groups More Socially and ecomically more succesful than others
P- Lack of employment
Ex- 2019, 6% of black , Compared to 2% if white are unkemployed
P-Healthcare
Ex-9% if whites without healthcare compared to 25% of blacks.
Some Groups Experience Social Or Economic Issue
P-Unemployment
Ex-6%blacks and 3% whites are unemployed
P-Life Expectancy
Ex-79yo whites and 75yo whites