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ASSESSMENT 3: SHORT ANSWER RESPONSES 1013CCJ: Introduction to Criminology and Criminal Justice Griffith University 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%) Law enforcements tend to lean towards using predictive policing as it relies on mathematical, predictive analytics, and other analytical techniques to identify patterns for potential criminal activity within different areas. One of the huge benefits of using technology that can predict such criminal activity can really start to prepare for what might be coming in the future. Resources and their visible presence within communities can be adjusted accordingly resulting in a safer society. Unfortunately, predictive policing can also lead to an overall abuse of power and setting a premeditated view of ‘what needs to happen’ instead of ‘what could happen’. This could possibly result in differential association moving in severity with preconceptions being made. Because of these predictions being recorded it has led to a high prevalence of police corruption due to the opportunity. The extensive oversight created around these expectations and the idea of society being a very dominate culture has tainted the rational choice police should have. The way police treat each other, and people of the public also have a huge impact on the way a community will act and without this being considered when using predictive policing it can really affect the overall accuracy of this way to prevent crime. With new motives also coming straight from new cadet education and the idea that what they are doing is for the better of the community they aren’t realizing their judgment has been clouded. Some potential prevention could include, community oversight and integration of police creating education and awareness. As well as an increase of internal affairs being the capabilities of staff.

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%) Click or tap here to enter text.

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%) Prison populations are exceeding their capacitation all over Australia. This could be due to many laws including mandatory sentencing, undetermined time of prison sentences and just the overall heavy nature of punishment because Australia has become very penal. These prisons have become extremely under resourced and over populated as a result. It has become apparent that the current risk assessment evaluations aren’t being as effective as they could be because of overestimation of the risk of a person which has also ended up with more people incapacitated than the system can handle. The thought of lesser crimes not being held in prison at all should be considered as it would defiantly cut down on the amount criminals capable of rehabilitation ended up in a safer environment for improving behaviour. Building more prisons is also another idea but unfortunately most would end up being privately run and need to make money as well causing discrepancies with environment, conditions and safety for different incarcerated individuals. Structed release time should be up for serious consideration due to the featured drawbacks from the poor risk assessment happening. At the moment there is little to no support for the under privileged or the mentally ill causing them to be facing charges with little to no representation. Recidivism is a serious issue for over population, and this is also an issue because there are ways screening psychologist need to be looking at when deciding who can be helped and who can’t. Rehabilitation is a real way of preventing repeat offenders if done effectively....