50 Facts Everyone Should Know About Crime and Punishment in Britain

Buch

50 Facts Everyone Should Know About Crime and Punishment in Britain

Herausgegeben von: James Treadwell und Adam Lynes

Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlicht/Copyright: 2019

Veröffentlicht von

Weitere Titel anzeigen von Policy Press

Zur Verlagsseite

Über dieses Buch

Are you the kind of person who watches crime drama and real-life crime documentaries on television? Are you fascinated by the twists and turns of justice and the law? But how much do you really know about key issues in crime, crime control, policing and punishment in the UK? This exciting, dynamic and accessible book, written by leading experts, presents 50 key facts related to crime and criminal justice policy in Britain. Did you know that, contrary to public belief, in the UK a life sentence does actually last for life? And that capital punishment in the UK was abolished for murder in 1965 but the Death Penalty was a legally defined punishment as late as 1998? Offering thought-provoking insights into the study of crime, this fascinating “go to” book is packed with facts and figures revealing the myths and realities of crime in contemporary Britain.

Fachgebiete

Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Soziologie, Allgemeines

Öffentlich zugänglich

Frontmatter
i

PDF downloaden
Öffentlich zugänglich

Contents
iii

PDF downloaden
Öffentlich zugänglich

Notes on the editors
vii

PDF downloaden
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

Introduction
1
Part One. Historical context
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 1 The Crime Survey for England and Wales in 2017 states that there were 10.8 million incidents of crime in the previous year
11
Simon Winlow
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 2 Capital punishment in the UK was abolished in 1965, but the Death Penalty was a legally defined punishment until 1998
17
Duncan Frankis
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 3 Homosexual male (gay) sex was only decriminalised in England some 50 years ago
21
Em Temple-Malt
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 4 The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) was set up 60 years before the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC)
27
Jo Turner
Part Two. Crime in Britain today
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 5 Vehicle crime in England and Wales has fallen by 80% since 1993
35
Liam Brolan
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 6 Businesses face higher rates of victimisation than households or individuals
40
Matt Hopkins
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 7 From 2007 to 2017, there were around 2.3 million deliberate fires in the UK, resulting in over 25,000 injuries and over 900 deaths
44
Tammy Ayres
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 8 Between 2016 and 2017, 80,393 hate crimes were committed in England and Wales
49
Stevie-Jade Hardy
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 9 The cost of waste crime in the UK exceeded £1 billion for the first time in 2016
54
Haydn Davies
Part Three. International comparisons
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 10 There is a 0.9 per 100,000 people murder rate in the UK; in Lithuania, it is 5.9 per 100,000
61
Dan Rusu
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 11 The age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales is the lowest in Europe at just 10 years old
66
Emma Kelly
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 12 Between 2004 and 2017, 33 people were fatally shot by the police in England and Wales
70
Laura Riley
Part Four. The police
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 13 There were 298,949 police stop-and-search incidents in England and Wales in 2016/17 – a rate of 5 per 1,000 people
77
Aidan O’Sullivan
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 14 The police and security services are keeping 3,000 people in the UK under surveillance for suspected terrorist activities
82
Melindy Brown
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 15 The Metropolitan Police Service examines approximately 40,000 digital forensics devices annually
86
Jonathan Jackson
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 16 Police officers comprise only 60% of the police workforce in England and Wales
91
Kelly J. Stockdale
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 17 An individual police officer will attend to approximately 150 non-crime-related issues per year
96
Claire Davis
Part Five. Prison realities
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 18 Contrary to what people often think, a life sentence does last for life
103
James Treadwell
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 19 The average yearly cost of keeping one person in prison in England and Wales is £35,182
109
David Sheldon
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 20 In 2016, almost 289,605 extra days (or 793 years of imprisonment) were added to prisoners’ sentences
114
Kate Gooch
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 21 3.5% of those serving a sentence in the criminal justice system in England and Wales are former military personnel
118
Emma Murray
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 22 Prisons are now the largest provider of residential care for older men in England and Wales
122
Sophie Rowe
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 23 The female prison population accounts for just under 5% of the total prison population
126
Nicola Harding
Part Six. Criminal justice
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 24 Around 84% of all offenders who appear before the courts are convicted
133
Susie Atherton
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 25 Judges in courts in England and Wales do not use gavels
139
Shona Robinson-Edwards
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 26 The Home Office claims that around 100,000 people are responsible for half of all recorded crime
142
Katie Brooker
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 27 In 2017 there were 260,000 offenders in the community under statutory supervision by the criminal justice system in England and Wales
147
Cristiana Cardoso
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 28 It’s (nearly) impossible to go to jail for not paying your debts, but mass indebtedness nonetheless remains an entry point to many crime problems
151
Mark Horsley
Part Seven. Black market Britain
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 29 The number of suspected victims of trafficking and slavery in the UK increased by 35% in 2017; of the 5,145 suspected victims from 116 countries, 2,118 were minors
161
Sarah Page
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 30 The fake medicine trade has now overtaken marijuana as the world’s largest market for criminal traffickers
167
Charlotte Stevens
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 31 Tackling drug trafficking costs the UK government £10.7 billion annually
172
Kevin Hoffin
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 32 Alcohol-related crime in the UK is estimated to cost the economy between £8 billion and £13 billion per year
178
Craig Kelly
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 33 For every £1 spent on drug-related treatment, there is a £2.50 benefit to society
182
Loukas Ntanos
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 34 If you get caught selling counterfeits, you can face a maximum of 10 years’ imprisonment and an unlimited fine
187
Joanna Large
Part Eight. Violent Britain
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 35 There is no comprehensive national figure for the number of gangs or the number of young people involved or associated with gangs
193
Charlene Crossley
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 36 Britain’s most prolific serial killer was Dr Harold Shipman, yet we are still uncertain how many people he actually killed
198
David Wilson
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 37 The average cost of a contract murder in the UK is just £15,180
203
Mohammed Rahman
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 38 Sex workers in the UK are 12 times more likely to be murdered than the general population
208
Kate Williams
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 39 Not all violence is criminal
212
Victoria Silverwood
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 40 You cannot consent to be harmed in sex, but you can in the boxing ring
216
John Bahadur Lamb
Part Nine. Victims
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 41 64% of homicide victims are male
223
Anthony Ellis
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 42 It is claimed that around one in 20 children in Britain are sexually abused
228
Saabirah Osman
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 43 More than three-quarters of people sleeping rough have been victims of crime or antisocial behaviour in the past year
232
Daniel McCulloch
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 44 In 2015/16, the NHS treated over 9,000 cases of female genital mutilation
237
Dionne Taylor
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 45 Two women are killed each week by a current or former partner in England and Wales
241
Morag Kennedy
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 46 Almost 50% of stalkers present themselves at their victim’s workplace
246
Craig Jackson
Part Ten. Crime and technology
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 47 Around one in six of all estimated crimes in England and Wales in the year to September 2016 were fraud committed online, according to the Office for National Statistics
255
Keith Spiller
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 48 The number of alleged crimes involving social media such as Facebook and Twitter have increased nearly eightfold between 2008 and 2012
259
Elizabeth Yardley
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 49 There is estimated to be one CCTV camera for every 14 people in the UK
264
Pravanjot Kapil Singh Uppal
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

FACT 50 There are currently some 11,000 offenders subject to ‘tagging’ on any day in England and Wales, and the UK is one of Europe’s keenest adopters of electronic monitoring of offenders
268
Adam Lynes
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

References
273
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert

Lizenziert

Index
321

Informationen zur Veröffentlichung

Seiten und Bilder/Illustrationen im Buch

eBook veröffentlicht am:

27. März 2019

eBook ISBN:

9781447343820

Seiten und Bilder/Illustrationen im Buch

Inhalt:

176

https://doi.org/10.56687/9781447343820

eBook ISBN: 9781447343820

Zielgruppe(n) für dieses Buch

College/higher education;

50 Facts Everyone Should Know About Crime and Punishment in Britain

Übersicht

Über dieses Buch

Fachgebiete

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Frontmatter

Contents

Notes on the editors

Introduction

FACT 1 The Crime Survey for England and Wales in 2017 states that there were 10.8 million incidents of crime in the previous year

FACT 2 Capital punishment in the UK was abolished in 1965, but the Death Penalty was a legally defined punishment until 1998

FACT 3 Homosexual male (gay) sex was only decriminalised in England some 50 years ago

FACT 4 The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) was set up 60 years before the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC)

FACT 5 Vehicle crime in England and Wales has fallen by 80% since 1993

FACT 6 Businesses face higher rates of victimisation than households or individuals

FACT 7 From 2007 to 2017, there were around 2.3 million deliberate fires in the UK, resulting in over 25,000 injuries and over 900 deaths

FACT 8 Between 2016 and 2017, 80,393 hate crimes were committed in England and Wales

FACT 9 The cost of waste crime in the UK exceeded £1 billion for the first time in 2016

FACT 10 There is a 0.9 per 100,000 people murder rate in the UK; in Lithuania, it is 5.9 per 100,000

FACT 11 The age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales is the lowest in Europe at just 10 years old

FACT 12 Between 2004 and 2017, 33 people were fatally shot by the police in England and Wales

FACT 13 There were 298,949 police stop-and-search incidents in England and Wales in 2016/17 – a rate of 5 per 1,000 people

FACT 14 The police and security services are keeping 3,000 people in the UK under surveillance for suspected terrorist activities

FACT 15 The Metropolitan Police Service examines approximately 40,000 digital forensics devices annually

FACT 16 Police officers comprise only 60% of the police workforce in England and Wales

FACT 17 An individual police officer will attend to approximately 150 non-crime-related issues per year

FACT 18 Contrary to what people often think, a life sentence does last for life

FACT 19 The average yearly cost of keeping one person in prison in England and Wales is £35,182

FACT 20 In 2016, almost 289,605 extra days (or 793 years of imprisonment) were added to prisoners’ sentences

FACT 21 3.5% of those serving a sentence in the criminal justice system in England and Wales are former military personnel

FACT 22 Prisons are now the largest provider of residential care for older men in England and Wales

FACT 23 The female prison population accounts for just under 5% of the total prison population

FACT 24 Around 84% of all offenders who appear before the courts are convicted

FACT 25 Judges in courts in England and Wales do not use gavels

FACT 26 The Home Office claims that around 100,000 people are responsible for half of all recorded crime

FACT 27 In 2017 there were 260,000 offenders in the community under statutory supervision by the criminal justice system in England and Wales

FACT 28 It’s (nearly) impossible to go to jail for not paying your debts, but mass indebtedness nonetheless remains an entry point to many crime problems

FACT 29 The number of suspected victims of trafficking and slavery in the UK increased by 35% in 2017; of the 5,145 suspected victims from 116 countries, 2,118 were minors

FACT 30 The fake medicine trade has now overtaken marijuana as the world’s largest market for criminal traffickers

FACT 31 Tackling drug trafficking costs the UK government £10.7 billion annually

FACT 32 Alcohol-related crime in the UK is estimated to cost the economy between £8 billion and £13 billion per year

FACT 33 For every £1 spent on drug-related treatment, there is a £2.50 benefit to society

FACT 34 If you get caught selling counterfeits, you can face a maximum of 10 years’ imprisonment and an unlimited fine

FACT 35 There is no comprehensive national figure for the number of gangs or the number of young people involved or associated with gangs

FACT 36 Britain’s most prolific serial killer was Dr Harold Shipman, yet we are still uncertain how many people he actually killed

FACT 37 The average cost of a contract murder in the UK is just £15,180

FACT 38 Sex workers in the UK are 12 times more likely to be murdered than the general population

FACT 39 Not all violence is criminal

FACT 40 You cannot consent to be harmed in sex, but you can in the boxing ring

FACT 41 64% of homicide victims are male

FACT 42 It is claimed that around one in 20 children in Britain are sexually abused

FACT 43 More than three-quarters of people sleeping rough have been victims of crime or antisocial behaviour in the past year

FACT 44 In 2015/16, the NHS treated over 9,000 cases of female genital mutilation

FACT 45 Two women are killed each week by a current or former partner in England and Wales

FACT 46 Almost 50% of stalkers present themselves at their victim’s workplace

FACT 47 Around one in six of all estimated crimes in England and Wales in the year to September 2016 were fraud committed online, according to the Office for National Statistics

FACT 48 The number of alleged crimes involving social media such as Facebook and Twitter have increased nearly eightfold between 2008 and 2012

FACT 49 There is estimated to be one CCTV camera for every 14 people in the UK

FACT 50 There are currently some 11,000 offenders subject to ‘tagging’ on any day in England and Wales, and the UK is one of Europe’s keenest adopters of electronic monitoring of offenders

References

Index

Bibliographische Daten