Criminal Justice Quiz Summer 2024
Regular readers will know I punctuate the year with three Quizzes – Advent, Easter & August Bank Holiday. So here is your Summer 2024 edition. It’s a simple multiple choice test about anything and everything to do with the criminal justice system. All the answers are to be found somewhere on this blog I hope the sun is shining wherever you are when you test your knowledge of the CJS.
Good luck and do share your results on social media especially if you have bragging rights to announce.
Results
#1. How many people were released early from prison between 17 Oct 2023 and 30 June 2024?
No, 10,083 people were released early. More than 1,000 per month
#2. The MoJ made its first official estimate of how many children a year have a parent in prison. What was the figure?
No, the estimate was B – 192,912 children
#3. What does the Howard League recommend we do with our Victorian prisons?
Making them Category D would make use of their urban locations.
#4. The remand population is its highest since records began. How many people were on remand at the end of June this year?
There were 17,070 people on remand or almost 1 in 5 (19.5%) of the prison population
#5. Lord Timpson is the Prisons Minister. But what is his Twitter handle?
He keeps his shoe repair business in mind – @JamesTCobbler
#6. Which minister has responsibility for the criminal courts?
It’s Heidi Alexander, MP for Swindon
#7. What was the change in the number of probation officers in the second quarter of 2024?
There were 178 fewer band 4 probation officers
#8. What is Operation Early Dawn?
Who names these things?
#9. How many people were formally dealt with by the CJS in 2023/24 compared to the previous year?
No wonder demand is outstripping supply
#10. What proportion of people sentenced to immediate custody receive sentences of less than 12 months?
There’s plenty of potential for more community sentences
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