Crime
Criminality and Social Policy
It can be quite difficult for students to begin to understand the policies of the main political parties, given the increased amounts of ‘spin’ reports are subjected to. This video provides a useful introduction to social policies on crime, divided up into three areas to consider: police, crime figures and prisons.
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Students could use this video as a starting point for their own research into these three areas – finding out the track records of named political parties of these three issues, promises that are being made and/or the situation in the student’s own locality with regards to each of these points.
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