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CRIME AND PUNISHMENT: INTERPRETING THE DATA

01 January 1991

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CRIME AND PUNISHMENT: INTERPRETING THE DATA
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A K Bottomley, K Pease
Open University Press, 1986 185pp, diags, graphs, tables RB44020

Examines in detail the statistics of crime and punishment in
England and Wales over the last two decades, explaining the
mechanisms by which the statistics are created and the uses to
which they can realistically be put. Drawing on both official
statistics and other research, they provide an extensive analysis
of trends in the figures of crimes committed, cautions, arrests,
sentencing, probation and other key issues, and assess what
criminal statistics can tell us about crime rates and the
workings of the criminal justice system. Illustrates ways in
which the information contained in official statistics is likely
to mislead, and ways in which it can be legitimately used to
address important policy issues. Bibliography.

United Kingdom, fear of crime, police, crime detection, offender,
clear up rate, burglary, legal aid, trial, acquittal, fine,
suspended sentence, Community Service Order, imprisonment,
prison, juvenile offender, unemployment, election, politics, war,
punishment, bail, ethnic group, male, female, football, violence,
indictable offence, reconviction, PSIB

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