crime and law

• what a non-prison punishment


  a home curfew program.
• What a home curfew program designed for?

  It is designed for low-risk offenders and long-term prisoners.
• What are the benefits of the home curfew program?

  • Saves money and reduces overcrowding
  • Prisoners stay in for a set amount of hours
• How much money can be saved per person using the home curfew program compared to jail?

  About 2 grand per person can be saved.
• What is the cost of keeping a prisoner in jail per person?


  £30,000 per person.
• What is an example of a non-sexual crime?

  Murder
• What is another example of a non-sexual crime?

  Culpable homicide
• What is an example of a non-sexual crime that involves physical harm?

  Assault
• What is an example of a non-sexual crime that involves taking property unlawfully?

  Robbery
• What are the examples of non-sexual crimes listed?

  • Murder
  • Culpable homicide
  • Assault
  • Robbery
• What are the three causes of crime?

  Social, economic, and biological
• What is electronic tagging and provide an example?

  • A method of monitoring offenders
  • Example: A tag attached to the ankle to track whereabouts
• What is the purpose of electronic tagging?

  To monitor the whereabouts of offenders
• What percentage of electronic tags are reported to break?

  50%
• Can you provide an example of a crime involving electronic tagging?

  In 2012, a 15-year-old stabbed an architect to death and was given a tag
• What are examples of vandalism?

  • Breaking a window
  • Fire raising
• What is one example of vandalism?

  Breaking a window
• What is another example of vandalism?

  Fire raising
• homicide example

  • 54 homicide victims in one year in Scotland. 
• non-sexaual examples

  • Non-sexual crimes of violence account for only 4% of all crimes recorded 
• sexual examples

  • Sexual crimes account for 5% of all crimes recorded 
• Dishonesty examples

  • Crimes of dishonesty account for 37% of the overall total
• vandalism examples


  • Fire-raising, vandalism etc. Account for 17% of all crime 
• Economic cause

  • povtery
  • tax fraud
  • greed
  • unemployment
• social cause peer pressure

  
  

  • Drugs/alcohol
  • Poor housing/neighborhood 
  • Adverse childhood experiences (aces)
• Biological causemental disorder

  • Genes and homes – the warrior gene (MAOA)
  • Lack of brain development
  • Psychopathy/sociopathy (lack of empathy or conscience)
• example of poverty

  • 25% of all crimes of dishonesty
  • 2024–25: Pensioners shoplifted due to rising living costs. Kids joined gangs. Poverty linked to more youth crime.
• example of greed

  the former SNP MP Natalie McGarry was jailed for embezzling more than £25,000, including donations intended for a food banks
• example of unemployment

  • 2025: Perry Barr, Birmingham—high unemployment linked to organized shoplifting gangs
• example of social (alcohol)

  • For example, almost half Scotland’s 7000 prisoners said they were drinking at the time of their offence.
• examples of adverse childhood experiences

  • 16x more likely to take drugs 
  • 15x more likely to commit an act of violence 
  • 20x more likely to be in prison in their life's 
• example of genes and hormones

  around 90% id a prisoner in a Scottish prison are male compared to 10% who are female.
• example of mental disorder (perpetrator)

  Arron Campbell who killed 6 year od Aesha on the island of Bute has been labeeled a psychopath by expects who have warned he should never be et out of prison
• alternative to prison


  • curfew
  • community service
  • electronic tagging
• alternative to prison example

  • More cost effective than prison £40,000 compared to £12,000 
• example off community payback

  the Hamiltons sheriff court gave a CPO to mark McLean for the racist and abusive behaviors which he then broke. 
• example of electronic tagging

  In 2011 Christopher low cock tricked prison staff into putting a tag on his false leg which he would leave at home 
• example of home curfew

  Cost around 6 grand compared to jail which 31 grand in Scotland
• what groups are most impact by crime

  • poorer people
  • males
  • younger people
• example of poorer people being affected by crime


  poorer people are 4x more likely to by injured by a knife