Public policy and crime

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  • Created on: 28-05-17 20:43
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  • Public policy and crime
    • Government: identify crimes and make laws against them, provide community policing, provide a CJS, punish/ rehabilitate criminals and support victims through social services etc
    • Can be difficult, as the government have strict budgets for policing etc
      • Violent crimes make up 7.7% of the budget, £124 BILLION
        • ONS suggest that we only spend 15.8 BILLION on cancer research and treatment
          • Violent crime costs the government 8 time as much as cancer does
    • Tough crime policies are often popular with voters- conservatives are notoriously known for strict crime policies
      • Whereas Labour are more concerned with community solutions to crime
    • Policy interventions
      • Educate offenders, giving them a chance in education, giving youth prisoners life lessons whilst inside- to prevent reoffending
      • Restorative justice programmes- bring together the victim and offender- to make the victim understand the impact of the crime, thus preventing reoffending
      • Easier access to rehabilitation for substance abusers- most offend to feed their habits. This can prevent reoffending

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