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El. knyga: 50 Facts Everyone Should Know About Crime and Punishment in Britain: The truth behind the myths

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  • Formatas: 176 pages
  • Išleidimo metai: 27-Mar-2019
  • Leidėjas: Policy Press
  • Kalba: eng
  • ISBN-13: 9781447343837
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  • Formatas: 176 pages
  • Išleidimo metai: 27-Mar-2019
  • Leidėjas: Policy Press
  • Kalba: eng
  • ISBN-13: 9781447343837
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How much do you know about key issues in crime, crime control, policing and punishment in the UK?

This exciting, dynamic and accessible book 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.

Recenzijos

This book packs a lot of facts within its 300+ pages - often surprising and even shocking. It's a fascinating resource and should appeal to budding criminologists, crime fiction/true crime fans and, of course, writers. Off-the-shelf Books "A fact about crime and criminal justice for every week of the year - crucial when so many get their information from non-expert sources." Nic Groombridge, University of South Wales "A highly informative approach to the study of crime and punishment presented in a concise, lively and innovative manner.an extremely useful learning resource for criminology students." Peter Joyce, Glyndwr University "This book invites us to reflect on just how inadequately crime and punishment are explained if we fall into the trap of being seduced by dominant narratives. The wonderful criticality here serves as a superb resource for students and scholars, but also for a much wider audience of people fascinated by the subject of crime and society." Paul Taylor, University of Chester

Notes on the editors vii
Introduction 1(10)
Part One Historical context
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(6)
Fact 2 Capital punishment in the UK was abolished in 1965, but the Death Penalty was a legally defined punishment until 1998
17(4)
Fact 3 Homosexual male (gay) sex was only decriminalized in England some 50 years ago
21(6)
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(8)
Part Two Crime in Britain today
Fact 5 Vehicle crime in England and Wales has fallen by 80% since 1993
35(5)
Fact 6 Businesses face higher rates of victimisation than households or individuals
40(4)
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(5)
Fact 8 Between 2016 and 2017, 80,393 hate crimes were committed in England and Wales
49(5)
Fact 9 The cost of waste crime in the UK exceeded £1 billion for the first time in 2016
54(7)
Part Three International comparisons
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(5)
Fact 11 The age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales is the lowest in Europe at just 10 years old
66(4)
Fact 12 Between 2004 and 2017, 33 people were fatally shot by the police in England and Wales
70(7)
Part Four The police
Fact 13 There were 298, 949 stop-and-search incidents in England and Wales in 2016/17 -- a rate of 5 per 1,000 people
77(5)
Fact 14 The police and security services are keeping approximately 3,000 people in the UK under surveillance for suspected terrorist activities
82(4)
Fact 15 The Metropolitan Police Service examines approximately 40,000 digital forensics devices annually
86(5)
Fact 16 Police officers comprise only 60% of the police workforce in England and Wales
91(5)
Fact 17 An individual police officer will attend to approximately 150 non-crime-related issues per year
96(7)
Part Five Prison realities
Fact 18 Contrary to what people often think, a life sentence does last for life
103(6)
Fact 19 The average yearly cost of keeping one person in prison in England and Wales is £35, 182
109(1)
Fact 20 In 2016, almost 289,605 extra days (or 793 years 114 of imprisonment) were added to prisoners' sentences
109(9)
Fact 21 3.5% of those serving a sentence in the criminal justice system in England and Wales are former military personnel
118(4)
Fact 22 Prisons are now the largest provider of residential care for older men in England and Wales
122(4)
Fact 23 The female prison population accounts for just under 5% of the total prison population
126(7)
Part Six Criminal justice
Fact 24 Around 84% of all offenders who appear before the courts are convicted
133(6)
Fact 25 Judges in courts in England and Wales do not use gavels
139(3)
Fact 26 According to the Home Office, around 100,000 people are responsible for half of all recorded crime
142(5)
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(4)
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(10)
Part Seven Black market Britain
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(6)
Fact 30 The fake medicine trade has now overtaken marijuana as the world's largest market for criminal traffickers
167(5)
Fact 31 Tackling drug trafficking costs the UK government £10.7 billion annually
172(6)
Fact 32 Alcohol-related crime in the UK is estimated to cost the economy between £8 billion and £13 billion per year
178(4)
Fact 33 For every £1 spent on drug-related treatment, there is a £2.50 benefit to society
182(5)
Fact 34 If you get caught selling counterfeits, you can face a maximum of 10 years' imprisonment and an unlimited fine
187(6)
Part Eight Violent Britain
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(5)
Fact 36 Britain's most prolific serial killer was Dr Harold Shipman, yet we are still uncertain how many people he actually killed
198(5)
Fact 37 The average cost of a contract murder in the UK is just £15, 180
203(5)
Fact 38 Sex workers are 12 times more likely to be murdered than the general population
208(4)
Fact 39 Not all violence is criminal
212(4)
Fact 40 You cannot consent to be harmed in sex, but you can in the boxing ring Part Nine: Victims
216(7)
Fact 41 64% of homicide victims are male
223(5)
Fact 42 It is claimed that around one in 20 children in Britain are sexually abused
228(4)
Fact 43 More than three quarters of people sleeping rough have been victims of crime or anti-social behavior in the past year
232(5)
Fact 44 In 2015/16, the NHS treated over 9,000 cases of female genital mutilation
237(4)
Fact 45 Two women are killed each week by a current or former partner in England and Wales
241(5)
Fact 46 Almost 50% of stalkers present themselves at their victim's workplace
246(9)
Part Ten Crime and technology
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(4)
Fact 48 The number of alleged crimes involving social media such as Facebook and Twitter have increased nearly eightfold in four years
259(5)
Fact 49 There is estimated to be one CCTV camera for every 14 people in UK
264(4)
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(5)
References 273(48)
Index 321
Dr Adam G T Lynes, is a Lecturer in Criminology, at Birmingham City University, where he has taught since 2012, covering topics from criminological theory to organised and violent crime. He has published research focusing on violent crimes from serial murder to family annihilation, and recently was a co-author on a new text book.

Dr James Treadwell is Professor of Criminology at Staffordshire University and has also worked at the University of Birmingham, and University of Leicester. Previously he worked for the crime reduction charity NACRO, and as a Probation Officer in the West Midlands. He undertakes ethnographic and qualitative research for crime and criminal justice related projects, including studies of the English Defence League, and the August 2011 English Riots.
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