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Is violence in decline?
The ongoing apparent fall in violence continues to perplex commentators and criminologists alike.
Just today the latest quarterly update of the ...
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Fall in hospital visits for serious violence
An estimated 234,509 people sought treatment at hospital accident and emergency departments across England and Wales in 2013 following serious violence injury, The Guardian, among other papers,...
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The curious case of the fall in crime
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Crime statistics? Allegation statistics?
We enjoyed this response to us from @OSCP5 on the correct terminology for what are usually referred to as 'crime statistics'.
Quite right!
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Crime Statistics: Who can we count on?
For those of us engaged in teaching Criminology, perhaps the most surprising (though welcome) thing about the House of Commons Public Administration Select Committee's (PASC) report ...
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Crime statistics fiddled in 'target junkie' police culture
A new report from the House of Commons Public Administration Committee claims that there is strong evidence that the...
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Police crime statistics whistleblower resigns
PC James Patrick, who last year told the House of Commons Public Administration Committee that the police fiddle crime statistics, has resigned.
PC Patrick, who was facing disciplinary proceedings as a result of his revelations, said he resigned...
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Paris police crime figures cover-up claim
The Paris police engaged in a decade-long underrecording of crime incidents to make the French capital appear safer than it was, a government-ordered report claims.
According to...
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Falling crime rate not down to the police
Today's Guardian carries an editorial examing the reasons for the ongoing fall in the official crime rate.
The previous Labour government and the coalition...
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Watchdog to launch inquiry into official statistics
The UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) will review the accuracy of offical data provided by schools, hospitals and other public sector bodies,...
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Crime statistics: Some Rumsfeldian ruminations
For practical, administrative reasons we behave as if the law is fixed and breaches of it can be...
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Police crime figures can't be trusted
The UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) has announced that the National Statistics designation is to be removed from police recorded crime data.
In...