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Key Definitions - Crime and Deviance
Debates of Crime
Prison System
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What
arguments are there for the uses of prison?
Keeps people
safe
from violent
offenders
Criminals
are off the streets
not a
danger
to the public
What are the arguments against the use of prisons?
Lack
of
rehabilitation
Prisons are
ineffective
don't make prisons face up to their
responsibilities
Can act as a
'school
of
crime'
What arguments are there for using other methods of punishment instead of prison?
Provide
continuity
so prisons can attend
work
or attend
college
What arguments are there against using alternative methods of punishment?
No
deterrent
to
offenders
What did the Office of National Statistics show an increased rate of in 2016?
10
% rise in
roberrie
35
% increase in
public order offences
12
% rise in
sexual offences
What arguments are there for implementing life sentences?
Violent
criminals are a
danger
to
society
What are the arguments against using
life sentences
?
Violent criminals
should be
rehabilitated
What percentage of young people re-offend?
73
%