modern prelim

• how much crime is reported?

  40%
• recorded sexual crimes have increased by?


  96% in 10 years
• Causes of crime


  biological

  - genetics

  - biological sex

  social

  - peer pressure

  - upbringing

  - exclusion from school

  economic

  - poverty

  - unemployment

  - greed
• how much of the uk population ran away from home as a child

  half of the prison population
• how many offenders have no qualifications

  52% - boys

  72% - girls
• how many criminals are claiming out of work benefits?

  22%
• how much crime is there per 1000 people in glasgow?

  768
• example greed

  Stevan Massey was sentenced after being found guilty of fraud after raising money for charity at a bing event but he embezzled £6,400 of the money
• human trafficking statistics


  in 2017 there was 213 referrals to police scotland related to human trafficking
• examples of peer pressure

  vandalism, knife crimes, drug abuse
• children who suffer effects of bad parenting are likely to be involved in...

  gang involvement, shoplifting, vandalism
• how many of us prisoners suffered from school exclusion?

  49% of males
• how many gangs are in glasgow

  170
• what gene is common around prisoners

  warrior gene
• what can happen to those with the MAOA

  13 times more likely to have a history of repeated violent behaviour
• impact of crime on victims

  - confidence

  - financially

  - injured

  - mental health issues

  - suffer from loss
• impact of crime on perpetrators

  - loosing contact with family

  - getting a job with a criminal record

  - drug abuse as its common in prison
• impact of crime on community's

  - financially as people will not want to live in an area with high crime

  - graffiti and damage
• impact of crime on wider society

  - financially as it costs £36,000 per year to go to jail

  - paying for healthcare from injury's and drug abuse

  - standard of health due to drugs and injury's
• how many people work for police scotland

  23,000
• who leads police scotland

  chief constable jo farrell
• how many local divisions are there in?

  13
• role of scottish police

  - protect people and property

  - maintain public order

  - stop people breaking the law and to arrest and bring to court those who do

  - help people in trouble and who need information and advise
• divisions of the police

  - criminal investigation department

  - scenes of crimes officers

  - dog handlers
• how do police tackle crime?

  - community police

  - CCTV
• how many cctv cameras are in scotland

  3000
• community policing example


  officers working in the Cumnock area lead by councillor Douglas Reid
• Government responses to crime

  - No knives better lives

  - minimum unite pricing

  - SVRU
• criminal justice procedures


  - solemn

  - summary
• how many criminal cases are summary?

  96%
• criminal courts


  Justice of the Peace Courts

  The Sheriff Court

  The High Court of Justiciary
• justice of the peace courts

  - up to £2500 fines

  - up to 60 days in prison

  - crimes such as being drunk disorderly or traffic offences
• sheriff courts


  - up to $10000 fines

  - up to 12 months in prison

  -examples: theft, assault or possession of drugs
• high courts of the justiciary

  - most serious cases

  - no max fines or sentences

  - examples: rape and murder
• verdicts in criminal courts

  guilty, not guilty and not proven guilty
• how many members are in a jury

  15
• sentences

  custodial and non custodial
• non-custodial sentences


  community pay back order, compensation order, fine
• CPO


  - up to 300 hours of unpaid work

  - receive treatments

  - attending programmes
• how much does it cost to keep a prisoner to be behind bars for a year?

  £36000