“Detections using the national DNA database have fallen over the past two years despite the number of profiles increasing by 1m and its running costs doubling to £4.2m a year.”
The Guardian, 21st October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The public will be able to compare crime rates in every town and village in England and Wales following the launch of a new interactive map.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“New measures to support victims of hate crime, bring more perpetrators to justice and increase reporting of these crimes were outlined today by the governmet.”
Home Office press release, 14th September 2009
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“A pioneering government programme to support young victims of crime as well as helping them to keep themselves safe will be rolled out nationwide, Justice Minister Bridget Prentice announced today.”
Ministry of Justice, 24th August 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“More than 360,000 children have been convicted of crimes since Labour came to power.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th August 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The government has published a summary of the responses to its consultation on the Youth Crime Action Plan issued on 16 July 2008.”
Ministry of Justice, 25th June 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The use of closed-circuit television in city and town centres and public housing estates does not have a significant effect on crime, according to Home Office-funded research to be distributed to all police forces in England and Wales this summer.”
The Guardian, 18th May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The true extent of organised crime in the UK is becoming clearer as a result of an extensive intelligence-gathering drive, according to the policing organisation responsible for bringing gangsters under control.”
The Guardian, 13th May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The fight against organised crime is to be overhauled, in a tacit admission by the Government that the problem is out of control. In his first speech on crime since becoming Prime Minister almost two years ago, Gordon Brown announced today a new strategy to tackle criminal businesses.”
The Times, 12th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The early release of knife crime statistics by the Home Office last month flouted new official guidelines in 10 different ways, the UK statistics authority said today.”
The Guardian, 6th January 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Residents of England and Wales can now access online maps which plot recorded crime in their neighbourhood.”
BBC News, 6th January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Police have been under-recording the most serious violent crimes for up to a decade, the Home Office admitted, as figures revealed an apparent 22 per cent increase in incidents this year. Conservatives said the Government’s claims to have cut crime were ‘fatally undermined’ as reports of violent crimes from murders to grievous bodily harm leapt during the year to June, after officials discovered hundreds of incidents had been wrongly recorded by a string of police forces. As many as 13 forces had been recording offences of grievous bodily harm with intent in a lower category, when they should have been included in figures for the most serious offences.”
The Independent, 24th October 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Some police forces have been failing to record serious violent crime properly, the Home Office said today, as it reported an increase of 22 per cent this year.”
The Independent, 23rd October 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Christine Lakinski lay dying on her doorstep when Anthony Anderson decided to urinate on her. Ms Lakinski, a severely disabled woman, had been walking back from her local shops, in Hartlepool, with a box of laminate flooring when she collapsed.”
The Independent, 6th October 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Millions of people who declare themselves innocent law abiding citizens actually commit around seven crimes a week.”
Full story
Daily Telegraph, 22nd September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Crime victims are having to wait for up to a week before they can see a police officer and untrained officers are being sent to investigate serious offences, reports from the policing standards watchdog show.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The ‘hysterical rhetoric of politicians attempting to ride the tiger of public opinion’ is fuelling the fear of crime, according to a commission headed by Cherie Booth. The Commission on English Prisons Today, led by the wife of the former prime minister, protested over the record prison population reached under the government led until last year by Tony Blair.”
The Independent, 5th September 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Maps showing the numbers of muggings, burglaries and vehicle break-ins across London have been made available online.”
BBC News, 3rd September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“British people are the least likely in Europe to be ‘have-a-go heroes’ and get involved if they witness a crime, research from a think tank claims.”
BBC News, 2nd September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Last month the Home Office announced that everyone in England and Wales will have access to crime maps of their local area by the end of this year. But will they help cut crime, or could they have unforeseen consequences?”
Full story
BBC News Magazine, 26th August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
© Inner Temple Library 2024