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citizenship revision - Coggle Diagram

- - - - some people make think that rules and laws restrict your life, giving you less freedom, but they protect you so in some way they give you more freedom.
    - - everyone has to abide by the laws. other people may be exempt from the laws because of there circumstances e.g they might be disabled. all this means we are equal
    - - the laws keep the population having fair rights to life and other rights.
- - - - the key witness is someone that either saw something to do with the crime or knows something about the crime.
    - - the person who has supposedly committed the crime.
    - - the person/s trying to prove the accused innocent
    - - this team help the youth accused of crime and generally help he/she with any mental health issues.
    - - the person/s trying to prove the accused guilty.
- - - - • First and foremost prison is a form of punishment and depriving criminals of their freedom makes society safer. Prison acts as a deterrent so offenders are locked up due to the violent nature of their crimes to stop others from doing the same.
        
        • Keeps the Public Safe
        
        First and foremost prison is a form of punishment and depriving criminals of their freedom makes society safer. Prison acts as a deterrent so offenders are locked up due to the violent nature of their crimes to stop others from doing the same. In Scotland the prison population is just under 8,000.
        
        • Rehabilitation
        
        Prisons can help people learn to cope with life outside through rehabilitation e.g. improve their education/qualifications. Through counselling, providing an education, gaining skills through work and providing a structure to their daily life. This makes them less likely to re-offend. In Wandsworth Prison prisoners are taught how to become Plasterers and Laborers which is a government endorsed scheme
    - - A lot of time and money is wasted in convicting criminals and housing prisoners the first time let alone the second. Suggests that the punishment is ineffective. Maybe due to criminals learning from criminals. In 2012, 25 per cent of those leaving prison were reconvicted.
        
        • High Reoffending Rate
        
        Many of the prisons in the UK today were built in Victorian times and have exceed their population limit. It is argued that this is not a safe or humane way to incarcerate prisoners in a modern, progressive society. The biggest prison in Scotland, HMP Barlinnie is regularly over capacity.
        
        • Overcrowding
        
        Due to investigations into the human rights of prisons the conditions in prisons have improved, therefore a larger amount of tax payers money goes on prisons. This money could be put to better use by being spent on health care or education. It costs £38,000 per prisoner, per year.
        
        • Cost – Very Expensive