Describe Processes used for law making
Name the 2 colours of the papers of a 'bill'
White and Green
Which 2 departments oversee the justice system
The Ministry of Justice and the Home Office
State the 2 models of criminal justice
Crime control model
Due process model
State 2 factors which influence internal social control
Moral conscience
tradition
religion
rational ideology
Name 3 aims of punishment
Deterrence
Public Protection
Rehabilitation
credit any other relevant answer
State the first 4 parliamentary stages
First Reading
Second Reading
The Committee Stage
The Report Stage
Name the 4 elements of the CJS
law creation and administration
law enforcement
the courts
punishment of convicted offenders
What is the crime control model often referred as?
A conveyor belt
State one informal sanction of social control
detention
grounding
shunning
credit any other relevant response
What are the 2 forms of deterrence?
Individual and general
What is a judicial precedent
source of law making whereby decisions of judges create new law for future judges to follow
Name 2 agencies which an offender will encounter prior to going to court
Police
CPS
What is the due process model often referred as?
The obstacle course
State the 2 control theories
Travis Hirschi Social Bond Theory
Walter Reckless Containment Theory
What form of punishment meets the aims of punishment of public protection?
Incarceration
Credit any other relevant answer
Name the 3 interpretation rules
Mischief rule
Golden Rule
Literal Rule
What 2 court systems do we have in the UK?
Magistrates
Crown
State which criminological theory might be linked with the crime control model and how
Right Realism - police greater powers to investigate and suppress crime
How does Hirschi explain attachment in relation to crime control
The more we are attached to others and care about them , the more likely to adopt their norms and values and break them. Particularly true for parents/ teachers
What criminological theory links with the aim of punishment deterrence?
Right Realism
Social Learning Theory
Name one case under the literal rule
R V Maginnis (1987) - judges could not agree on the meaning of the word 'supply'
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State the 2 parts of the full code test
The Evidential Test
The Public Interest Test
State one miscarriage of justice and explain
Colin Stagg
Birmingham Six
What does the word coercion mean?
The use or threat of force to make someone behave in a specific way e.g negative sanctions of CJS are a form of coercion
Explain restorative justice and state a case study
making amends for the damage caused by the crime - victim explains the impact the crime has had on them
Peter Woolf