Social Rules - Crime Control and Prevention - Past Exam, Exams of Criminal Law

Download Social Rules - Crime Control and Prevention - Past Exam and more Exams Criminal Law in PDF only on Docsity! PRIFYSGOL ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY SUPPLEMENTARY DEGREE EXAMINATIONS 2010 DEPARTMENT OF LAW AND CRIMINOLOGY CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CR10320) Time allowed TWO hours Answer TWO questions. Candidates are not permitted to bring any books, notes or any other materials into the examination. 1. “Many social rules govern our behaviour. The criminal law is exceptional only in that it invokes the power of the state”. Discuss the role of the criminal law in modern society in the light of this statement. What are the limits, if any, of legitimate state intervention in the life of its citizens? 2. Provide a brief history of the Probation Service, including its key philosophy, and critically evaluate whether you think these principles are still applicable within the current criminal justice system. 3. Answer EITHER a) or b) a) What justifies the state in punishing criminals? OR b) “„Restorative justice‟ sounds like a wonderful idea: a novel approach to persistent failures of traditional ideas of punishment to get results. In truth it has little of substance to offer”. Explain and critically discuss 4. Outline what you understand by Jock Young‟s notion that late modernity is characterised by a transition from an inclusive to an exclusive society. 5. What is meant by desistance from crime and what are the main processes that contribute to this in many offenders? 6. Describe how orthodox and revisionist histories of the police in the UK differ.