BTEC Level 3 National Public Services Student Book notes

This essay outlines the rights of the defendant to legal representation and bail, describes how the criminal trial process works for both a summary and an indictable offence, and compares the trial process in the magistrates’ courts and Crown court, using a summary, either way and indictable offence. It also outline the powers of the courts in sentencing offenders, using one example of a summary offence and one indictable offence and explain the grounds for appeal from the magistrates’ c...

This essay outlines the hierarchies of the civil and criminal courts in England and Wales.

This essay explains police powers to grant bail and assess why the police have the powers to grant bail.

This essay identifies the agencies that were involved in different major incidents, explains how UK agencies involved in a specific major incident worked together in accordance with their legal duties, analyses the importance of inter-agency emergency planning for major incidents. It also describes the work of agencies at UK incidents and their legal duties, explains the main considerations when planning and preparing for major incidents, and explains the role of the organisations involved i...

This presentation describes how changes in technology have affected the gathering and presentation of information in different types of media, analyses how changes in technology affect the gathering and presentation of information in different types of media, and its ability to affect events, and outlines how the media can affect events as well as report them.

This essay describes the difference between arrest with and without a warrant, explains the requirements of lawful arrest and detention, evaluates police powers of arrest, detention and search. It also states the rights of a detained person and explain the powers the police have to search people and premises.

This essay defines the term ‘major incident’, describes different types of major incident and the cause of each, investigates recent major incidents and identify their cause, outlines the effects of recent major incidents on people, communities and the environment, and explains the short- and long-term effects of the major incidents on people, communities, environment and the wider impacts they may have had.

This essay explains how an individual can exercise command and control, demonstrates with support the use of command and control skills in different situations, demonstrates practical command and control in different situations within uniformed public services, and evaluates own performance in command and control situations, identifying areas for personal development.

This essay describes two theories of criminal behavior and the factors that contribute to them, describes the effects crime has on communities and the individual and analyses the effects of crime on communities and individuals.

This essay identifies approaches used by public services to reduce crime, disorder and antisocial behavior, analyses how the strategies used by the local community public services work to reduce crime, disorder and antisocial behavior, and evaluates a local public service initiative designed to address crime and its impact on the community. It also explains how public and third sector organisations support witnesses and victims of crime.