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2. Police:
- new functions of police forces (help people in different places),
- new regulations: crimes connected with:
drug trafficking,
laundering of illegal money,
firearms (use of weapons),
football hooliganism (this problem generally started in Britain).
3. Victims (after the crime):
- Victim Support Scheme (different kinds of help for victims: psychological, financial support, etc.),
- victims get money, compensation for what they lost.
4. Police services:
- there is no national police forces,
- there are organized, employed and paid by local authorities:
police forces in England and Wales on county basis,
police forces in Scotland on regional basis,
- in London, there is Metropolitan Police where they keep records of crimes and criminals of the whole country – hey overcome nationally theft/robbery,
- New Scotland Yard – criminal department of Metropolitan Police.
5. Arrest (if a person Is arrested):
- a person can be arrested with warrant or without warrant what is issued by a magistrate,
- arrested person has right to consult a solicitor and to inform one person,
- police may delay this right up to 36 hours (police need time to find other criminals),
- person can be detained up to 96 hours without a charge,
- arrest for more than 36 hours has to be with a warrant,
(Bail Act - is when court decides if defendant should be released on Bail or not, when he/she can, someone should pay a certain amount of money – this person should stay at home and be available all the time)
6. Prisons:
- they are run by the Home Office,
- they are visited and checked by the Board of Visitors – it is a group of people who are important, retired judges, trustworthy people;
- the Custody – this kind of prison is for people who have committed serious crimes:
Magistrates’ Courts – to 12 months,
Crown Courts – other sentences, even life sentences.
7. Other penalties for property crimes:
- fines + compensations to victims (money is the most popular kind of these penalties),
- probation (you can be at home but you are controlled by special person),
- community work (people who have not very high sentence, they can work; for example cleaning streets, help for elderly people),
- curfew order (it started in Britain by football hooligans – they should be at home during football matches, they can’t be near the football pitches; but sometimes it can be also used as penalty for example to separate family from the dangerous father/mother, etc.).
8. OPEN PRISON – prisons where prisoners can undertake the work during day (these prisons aren’t be open in Northern Ireland).
9. It is possible to get REMISSION OF 1/3 SENTENCE and RELEASE ON PAROLE LICENCE.