Crime, Order and Social Control - for iPod/iPhone
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Have you ever been the victim of crime? Are you fearful of rising crime rates? Crime is one of contemporary society's most pressing social problems - how should we respond to it? This album visits various communities in the UK to explore issues of criminal justice and the introduction of possibly controversial crime control initiatives such as restorative justice, which involves offenders meeting their victims. It also looks at schemes tackling problems of racial violence and other anti-social behaviours. This material forms part of The Open University course D315 Crime, order and social control.
The killing of Stephen Lawrence
How the brutal murder of a teenager in 1993 uncovered institutional racism, and became the driving force to improve race relations and criminal justic...
Taking racial abuse seriously
How a new easier-to-prove offence allows the courts to deal more effectively with perpetrators of racial harassment.
Improving police procedures
Plumstead police's efforts to provide higher quality of service to the victims of racial incidents.
Training police in Plumstead
Patrol officers discuss policy with the Racial Incident Unit's solicitors.
Visiting victims of racial abuse
How the Racial Incident Unit follows up after an attack in Plumstead.
Police and the community
How community relations schemes are now an important aspect of police officer training programmes.
Crime and community safety
How social policies such as the Rock Challenge programme empower youth to have fun without drug-taking, thereby preventing crime.
Anti-social behaviour orders (ASBOS)
An ASBO police co-ordinator explains what this powerful piece of legislation is and how it can be used as a crime-reduction strategy.
Gated communities
Why the rise in gated communities, and are they a valid answer to crime reduction?