pattern of crime
- Created by: Molly
- Created on: 04-12-12 10:42
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- The pattern of crime
- use of crime statistics
- for comparison with previous years to discover trends in crime
- to look at the police clear up rate to measure police efficiency
- to show where the police should concentrate resources to reduce crime
- to provide the public with information on crime pattterns
- the source of crime statistics
- police recorded crime- detected and reported by the police
- victim surveys- survey victims of crime
- self report studies- anonymous questionnaires which people are asked to own up about crimes they habe commited
- court and prison records
- trends in crime
- 1. from the 1930's to the early 1950;s there was a gradual rise in recorded crime with a steeper rise between the 1950's and the early 1980's/
- 2. crime in england and whales peaked in 1995 since when it has fallen by 48% according to BCS.
- 3. the apparent increase in police recorded crime after 1999/2000 is due to changes in the methods the home office used to record and count crimes.
- 4. the crime level now seems to ave stabilised
- pattern of offending
- crime is most commited:
- in urban areas
- against property (80% of all crime)
- by young people (half of all those convicted are 21 or under peak age for crime being 18 for males and 14 for females.
- crime is most commited:
- use of crime statistics
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