For this assessment you are required to submit a 500 word essay plan based on one of the essay topics below.
Essay questions:
1. Drawing on research evidence, in what aspects of a person’s life would you seek to intervene to reduce the likelihood of them pursuing or maintaining a ‘criminal career’?
2. Discuss and critically evaluate the evidence for the effectiveness of the bystander approach to sexual violence prevention.
3. With reference to relevant evidence and psychological literature critically discuss whether offenders with mental health problems should be ‘diverted’ away from the Criminal Justice System.
4. Are the effects and ‘pains’ of imprisonment gendered? Drawing on research evidence, critically discuss the ways in which imprisonment may