a 4 The causes of crime Which ofthese factors, in your view, are the main causes ofcrime in Britain today? Poor policing Television Lack of discipline at school Alcohol Lack of discipline by parents 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%
A 4 The Causes of Crime Which of these factors, in your view, are the main causes of crime in Britain today? 0 % 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% Lack of discipline by parents Drugs Alcohol Too lenient sentencing Unemployment Lack of discipline at school Poverty Television Poor policing National newspapers
A 4 The Causes of Crime (cont a Older people tend to a younger people tend blame.. parents, to blame too enient unemployment sentencing,… lack of poverty,…. drugs school discipline 口 Working- class peop/e 口 Middle- class peop/e tend to blame too tend to blame lenient sentencing parents a Men tend to blame o Women tend to blame lack of school too lenient sentencing discipline
A 4 The Causes of Crime (cont.) Older people tend to blame … parents,… too lenient sentencing,… lack of school discipline Middle-class people tend to blame … parents Women tend to blame too lenient sentencing Younger people tend to blame … unemployment,… poverty,… drugs Working-class people tend to blame too lenient sentencing Men tend to blame… lack of school discipline
a 4 the Causes of Crime (cont a The young differed substantially from their elders on school discipline. only 39%of the youngest age group gave lack of school discipline as a main cause of crime against 62% of the over 55s D A Sociological interpretation of Juvenile crime a Marital discord poor parental supervision and erratic child-rearing behaviour have been identified as important causes of juvenile delinquency and it has been suggested that parent training might reduce their childrens offending
A 4 the Causes of Crime (cont.) The young differed substantially from their elders on school discipline. Only 39% of the youngest age group gave lack of school discipline as a main cause of crime, against 62% of the over 55s. A Sociological Interpretation of Juvenile Crime Marital discord, poor parental supervision and erratic child-rearing behaviour have been identified as important causes of juvenile delinquency, and it has been suggested that parent training might reduce their children’s offending
A 5 Victim Support by govern a Key facts Victim Support offers help to more than one million victims of crime and to more than 120,000 witnesses each year a Young people particularly ly young men, are most prone to being the victim of violence. People aged 65 and over have the lowest risk a Overall people were less worried about crime The proportion of people very worried about crime fell from 22/ to 19% for burglary 19% to 18% for mugging and 25%/ to 21% for theft of cars a The criminal Injuries Compensation Authorit eceived 75,030 applications during 1996/97 their first year of operation
A 5 Victim Support (by govern.) Key facts Victim Support offers help to more than one million victims of crime and to more than 120,000 witnesses each year. Young people, particularly young men, are most prone to being the victim of violence. People aged 65 and over have the lowest risk. Overall, people were less worried about crime. The proportion of people very worried about crime fell from 22% to 19% for burglary, 19% to 18% for mugging, and 25% to 21% for theft of cars. The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority received 75,030 applications during 1996/97 (their first year of operation)