What is crime?
The central point of my study is centred on the question “why are crimes are committed, what the most popular crimes are and ways crime could be reduced”. What does crime mean? Crime is referred to an act that is illegal, therefore punishable by Law. Crime has always been a problem throughout history up to now, there are many different crimes that are committed and there are many reasons behind it. One way in which crime is combatted, is through policing. “The primary object of an efficient police is the prevention of crime: the next that of detection and punishment of offender if crime is committed. To these ends all the efforts of police must be directed. The protection of life and property, the perseveration of public tranquillity, …show more content…
On September 2013 ITV news reported that “the UK had been labelled as the “addiction capital of Europe”, it was also reported that similar to the age statistics now, the age of drug users back in 2013 reported that “one in 12 young people between the ages of 15 and 24 in the UK – more than 670,000 – said they have taken “legal highs” or new psychoactive substances (NPS)”.
Crime in the UK: Crime in the UK has been going on throughout history. During the late 19th centuries, citizens had high faith in the justice system. They believed that they were safe and crime was falling due to the work of the police. To this day, most citizens of UK citizens still rely on the work of the justice system. Figures from the latest survey year 2016 conducted by Crime survey for England and Wales (CSEW) showed that an estimated 15.2% of adults aged 16 and over (equivalent to 7.0 million adults) were a victim of at least one crime .The likelihood of being a victim of CSEW crime has fallen significantly over time; around 15 in 100 adults were victims in the latest survey year compared with around 23 in 100 a decade ago (in the survey year ending March 2006) and around 40 in 100 in
The central point of my study is centred on the question “why are crimes are committed, what the most popular crimes are and ways crime could be reduced”. What does crime mean? Crime is referred to an act that is illegal, therefore punishable by Law. Crime has always been a problem throughout history up to now, there are many different crimes that are committed and there are many reasons behind it. One way in which crime is combatted, is through policing. “The primary object of an efficient police is the prevention of crime: the next that of detection and punishment of offender if crime is committed. To these ends all the efforts of police must be directed. The protection of life and property, the perseveration of public tranquillity, …show more content…
On September 2013 ITV news reported that “the UK had been labelled as the “addiction capital of Europe”, it was also reported that similar to the age statistics now, the age of drug users back in 2013 reported that “one in 12 young people between the ages of 15 and 24 in the UK – more than 670,000 – said they have taken “legal highs” or new psychoactive substances (NPS)”.
Crime in the UK: Crime in the UK has been going on throughout history. During the late 19th centuries, citizens had high faith in the justice system. They believed that they were safe and crime was falling due to the work of the police. To this day, most citizens of UK citizens still rely on the work of the justice system. Figures from the latest survey year 2016 conducted by Crime survey for England and Wales (CSEW) showed that an estimated 15.2% of adults aged 16 and over (equivalent to 7.0 million adults) were a victim of at least one crime .The likelihood of being a victim of CSEW crime has fallen significantly over time; around 15 in 100 adults were victims in the latest survey year compared with around 23 in 100 a decade ago (in the survey year ending March 2006) and around 40 in 100 in