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ASSESSMENT 3: SHORT ANSWER RESPONSES 1013CCJ: Introduction to Criminology and Criminal Justice Griffith University Student name: Georgia Schampers Student number: s5076053 Tutor name: Mrs Richards Course mode: Instructions: Respond to TWO of the following short answer questions. Type or paste your responses into the spaces provided. Refer to the assessment instructions on Learning@Griffith for further guidance.

Module 9 Short-Answer (Policing and Crime Prevention): Many law enforcement agencies use predictive policing to inform staffing levels and patrol allocations. Some of these efforts have been successful, but they have also stirred up controversy. What are the prospects and pitfalls of using this kind of approach in policing? (250 words, +/- 10%) Click or tap here to enter text.

Module 10 Short-Answer (Courts and Restorative Justice): The use of victim impact statements has produced a fiery debate among scholars and justice officials: advocates argue that the process provides important benefits for primary victims and the broader community, while critics suggest that the process introduces biases that can substantially disadvantage the offender. Weighing up these pros and cons, do you think Australian courts should use victim impact statements? Contextualize and justify your response. (250 words, +/- 10%) The use of victim impact statements is a controversial debate but are a necessary tool in Australian courts to achieve the best results . Victim impact statements can be highly beneficial in providing relief and a sense of fulfilment for primary victims. Many victim also say that a impact statement can help them with confronting the offender and improves their satisfaction with the justice system. The use of victim statements can also be used to describe to the court the personal impact the crime had on the victim and those close to them. In some types of crimes the impact to the primary victims involved may not be physical or be visible with tangible impacts. In cases like these a victim impact statement can assist the judge and jury in understanding the influence and consequences for the victim, such as emotional responses, cognitive difficulties, physiological reaction and psychological impression. Victim impact statements can also have a beneficial impact on the perpetrator of the crime to develop an understanding of their actions and how they have hurt or impacted the victims and their life. The community, once hearing or reading a victim impact statement may also be able to provide support for the victims involved and generally sympathise with victims. Victim impact statements can also be beneficial for victims that don’t wish to testify in front of courts due to anxiety, discomfort or general feelings of being unsafe in that environment.

Module 11 Short-Answer (Corrections): The use of imprisonment is costly and produces many ill-effects for offenders, leading to the principle that it should be used as a last resort and be reserved for the most serious offenders. Advances in risk assessment tools have introduced the hope of selective incapacitation, with proponents suggesting that we could use prison only for those offenders that are predicted to reoffend. What are the benefits and drawbacks of this approach? Should future risk be a sentencing consideration? Explain your answer. (250 words, +/- 10%) The use of imprisonment certainly has various benefits and drawbacks for both the community, economy and offenders. If the process of placing offenders into imprisonment is updated there would be a lot of factors to consider. One of the key benefits of selective imprisonment would be the money savings for tax payers, as currently over one hundred thousand dollars every year per prisoner is spent on imprisonment. Additionally, it is often reported that our jails are at capacity for general offenders, therefore selective imprisonment would greatly reduce the amount of prisoners. Prisons are one of the greatest source of jobs so a drawback for this would then be if there were less prisoners then there would be less need for staff. There would also be benefits for offenders as they could receive better treatment and more rehabilitation programs. However, despite the benefits there are a variety of drawback and negative consequences. Even with psychographic profiling and psychological analysis of offenders it is still not entirely possible to tell whether or not an offender would recommit a crime or even a worse crime. This would have potential to then send offenders back out to the world, creating more crime and affecting more victims. There may also be offenders that miss out on receiving rehab. Future risk should not be a sentencing consideration for it is not guaranteed and could be placing higher risk offenders back into general population ahead of those unlikely to commit again....