Crime and Penal Measures

Abstract

This chapter deals with national trends in: (a) Judicial statistics of criminal proceedings — that is, appearances in criminal courts and the ways in which those found guilty there were dealt with. The relevant tables are 15.1 to 15.2. (b) Police cautions — that is, warnings given to identified offenders instead of prosecution. The relevant table is 15.5. (c) Clear-up rates — that is, the percentages of offences known to the police which were traced to identified offenders, whether or not this led to prosecution, caution or no action. The relevant table is 15.6. (d) Prison statistics — that is, numbers of receptions into prisons and their juvenile equivalents, and average daily populations of such establishments, whether under sentence or awaiting trial or sentence. The relevant table is 15.3. (e) Conviction-rates — that is, the percentages of different birth cohorts who have convictions by certain ages. The relevant table is 15.7. (f) Criminal statistics — that is, numbers of certain types of offence which have been recorded as known to the police. The relevant table is 15.8. (g) Police manpower statistics — that is, numbers of police officers employed by police authorities, and the hours they worked. The relevant table is 15.9. (h) Probation manpower statistics — that is, numbers of probation officers employed full-time or part-time. The relevant table is 15.10. KeywordsCriminal CourtProbation OfficerJuvenile CourtHigh CourtCriminal StatisticsThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.