Unit 3: Law and Justice
Powers of the police
Rights on arrest
you are allowed to have a lawyer present
you can only be in prison for 24 hours. ifIf it has been 24 hours and they have not charged you then they have to let you go on bail
you are allowed to have your rights read to you
Controversial police powers
Stop and search
Snoopers charter
Moped ramming
Civil law
What is it?
Examples
Children arrangements and disagreements.
personal injury cases, such as traffic accidents, trips and falls.
Family arguments, such as divorce.
Civil law is the system of law concerned with private relations between members of a community rather than criminal, military or religous affairs.
criminal law
What is it?
3 examples
sexual offenses
non sexual offenses
murder/ manslaughter
criminal law is a system of law concerned with the punishment of offenders. If cases are criminal they can be brought up to crown courts or even supreme court- the highest court in the UK.
Criminal courts
supreme court
magistrates court (depending on how bad the issue/case is.
Crown court
right on arrest
The police can only arrest someone if its in their best interests to and its the best thing to do in the situation.
Police cant arrest people based on:
If they have a criminal record
If the police dont like them.
How liked they are
Police have to have evidence to arrest.
In criminal courts, they use a jury. This is a group of 12 random people who sit and listen to the case at hand and decide whether the defendant is guilty or not guilty. The jury do have some rules themselves though. They cannot:
Know the defendant.
Ask the defendant questions when the trial is outgoing.
post about it online or try to find information on the case online on websites such as facebook or twitter.
Why do we create laws?
We create laws so we can protect communities from dangerous citizens. This is why we have made the immigration point policy so we can check if anyone moving here if dangerous or a harm to society.
The point system includes:
Having english family/ friends
having a good qualified job.
Being english
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examples of common crimes
vandalism
drug trafficking
verbal/physical abuse
kidnapping
knife crime
community service:
pros
cons
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lack of structure to their lives
homesickness
emotional energy
criminals will think that its not too bad and might reoffend
it messes up their mental health
long hours
it doesnt give them a clear message to not reoffend
there is no compensation
helping the community
it helps people to not reoffend