Agencies of Social Control

What is the aim of the police service?

• Reduce crime

• Maintain law and order

• Prevention and detection of crime

• All of the above

What is the central source of income for the police?

• Council tax

• Government grant

• Charity

• None of these

Which of the following is not a value of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)?

• Treat everyone with respect

• Independent and fair

• Behave unprofessional and strive for sub-par

• Honesty and openess

The CPS carry out a test made of two parts to decide whether prosecution should take place, what are they?

• Evidential Test & Threshold test

• Evidential Test & Public Interest Test

• Public Interest test & Threshold Test

• None of these

When judges are sworn in they take two oaths/affirmations, the first is the oath of allegiance, which of the following is the oath of allegiance?

• I....do swear by Almighty God that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles the Third, his heirs and successors, according to law.

• I....do swear by Almighty God that I will well and truly serve our sovereign King Charles the Third in the office of...., and I will do right to all manner of people after the laws and usages of his realm, without fear of favour, affection or ill will.

Prisons are divided into 4 categories depending on the level of security required to oversee the prisoners, which category is 'high risk to others (HMP Nottingham, HMP Pentonville, HMP Durham and HMP Wandsworth)?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Which of the following is an aim of the National Probation Service (NPS)?

• Belief that offenders do not have the ability to change

• Committed to social inequality, injustice and exclusion

• Act without professional integrity

• None of these

Approximately, how many offenders do the National Probation Service (NPS) work with each year?

• 8,000

• 30,000

• 47,000

• 11,000

The Howard League for Penal Reform, oldest penal reform charities in the UK was established in 1981.

• True

• False

The Prison Reform Trust (PRT) main objectives are:

• Reduce uneccessary imprisonment

• Improve treatment and conditions for prisoners

• Promote equality and human rights in the justice system

• All of the above