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Crime, Order and Social Control - for iPad/Mac/PC

by The Open University

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.

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Episodes

  1. Crime, order and social control

    A short introduction to this album.

  2. 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 justice law in Britain.

  3. Taking racial abuse seriously

    How a new easier-to-prove offence allows the courts to deal more effectively with perpetrators of racial harassment.

  4. Improving police procedures

    Plumstead police's efforts to provide higher quality of service to the victims of racial incidents.

  5. Training police in Plumstead

    Patrol officers discuss policy with the Racial Incident Unit's solicitors.

  6. Visiting victims of racial abuse

    How the Racial Incident Unit follows up after an attack in Plumstead.

  7. Police and the community

    How community relations schemes are now an important aspect of police officer training programmes.

  8. Crime and community safety

    How social policies such as the Rock Challenge programme empower youth to have fun without drug-taking, thereby preventing crime.

  9. 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.

  10. Gated communities

    Why the rise in gated communities, and are they a valid answer to crime reduction?

  11. Urban crime and regeneration in Scotland

    A look at urban crime and regeneration in Leith.

  12. Crime and the rural idyll

    Defining what 'rural' means to different groups, and considering rural crime.

  13. Crime in urban and rural contexts

    A look at crime in both the rural and urban context.

  14. Reshaping communities

    Conclusions about the struggle for both urban and rural order in different parts of Scotland.

  15. Restorative justice: Involving the victims of crime

    How restorative justice works in New Zealand, and how it might be introduced in the UK.

  16. Restorative justice: dealing with shoplifters

    A look at a crime initiative in Milton Keynes that uses restorative justice when dealing with shoplifters.

  17. Restorative justice in action

    How offenders in restorative justice initiatives get a chance to express remorse and apologise to victims.

  18. Restorative justice: does it work?

    Evaluating the effectiveness of restorative justice.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

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.

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