A bulletin presented findings from additional analyses on perceptions of crime and anti-social behaviour based on the 2008-09 British Crime Survey.
Source: Debbie Moon et al., Perceptions of Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour: Findings from the 2008/09 British Crime Survey – Supplementary Volume 1 to Crime in England and Wales 2008/09, Statistical Bulletin 17/09, Home Office (020 7273 2084)
Links: Bulletin
Date: 2009-Nov
An article examined the relationship between public health and fear of crime. Although fear of crime might express a whole set of social and political anxieties, there was a 'core' to worry about crime that was implicated in real cycles of decreased health and perceived vulnerability to victimization.
Source: Jonathan Jackson and Mai Stafford, 'Public health and fear of crime: a prospective cohort study', British Journal of Criminology, Volume 49 Number 6
Links: Abstract
Date: 2009-Nov
A report said that streets were in danger of losing the social function they had had in the past, as they altered from being social hubs for the community into spaces considered 'no go' areas for children.
Source: No Ball Games Here (or Shopping, Playing or Talking to the Neighbours): How UK streets have become no-go areas for our communities, Living Streets (Pedestrians Association) (020 7820 1010)
Links: Report | Living Streets press release
Date: 2009-Aug
The government responded to a report by a committee of MPs on human trafficking.
Source: The Trade in Human Beings: Human Trafficking in the UK – Government Reply to the Sixth Report from the Home Affairs Committee, Cm 7693, Home Office, TSO (0870 600 5522)
Links: Response | MPs report
Date: 2009-Aug
The government responded to a report by a committee of MPs on knife crime.
Source: Knife Crime: The Government Reply to the Seventh Report from the Home Affairs Committee, Cm 7648, Home Office, TSO (0870 600 5522)
Links: Response | MPs report
Date: 2009-Aug
A report presented findings from a study that explored the nature and extent of public concern about organized crime.
Source: Karen Bullock, Rezina Chowdhury and Polly Hollings, Public Concerns About Organised Crime, Research Report 16, Home Office (020 7273 2084)
Links: Report
Date: 2009-Jul
A report summarized the 2008-09 results from the British Crime Survey (BCS) and crimes recorded by the police. Overall, crime as measured by the BCS showed no change compared with 2007-08, with no change in most crime types. Crimes recorded by the police showed a 5 per cent decrease compared with 2007-08, with decreases in most crime types.
Source: Alison Walker, John Flatley, Chris Kershaw and Debbie Moon (eds.), Crime in England and Wales 2008/09: Findings from the British Crime Survey and police recorded crime, Statistical Bulletin 11/09, Home Office (020 7273 2084)
Links: Bulletin | Explanatory notes | Home Office press release | GEO press release | ACPO press release | Conservative Party press release | Guardian report
Date: 2009-Jul
An annual report examined suicide and homicide data for people with mental illness in England and Wales. The number of people killed by individuals suffering from mental illness increased between 1997 and 2005, and there was also an increase in the number of homicides committed by people with mental illness at the time of the offence – from 54 in 1997 to over 70 in 2004 and 2005. But there had been a fall in suicide by mental health patients overall, and a continued fall in suicide by in-patients.
Source: Annual Report: England and Wales – July 2009, National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness/University of Manchester (0161 2750700)
Links: Report | Manchester University press release | BBC report | Guardian report
Date: 2009-Jul
An article examined the impact of economic crime, and the physical harms associated with a selected range of economic and business offences. These offences posed a threat to citizens' quality of life and to community safety.
Source: Hazel Croall, 'Community safety and economic crime', Criminology and Criminal Justice, Volume 9 Number 2
Links: Abstract
Date: 2009-Apr
The government published the first annual report on hate crime, bringing together information on the performance of the Crown Prosecution Service in prosecuting racist and religious hate crime, transphobic and homophobic crime, disability incidents, and domestic violence.
Source: Hate Crime Report 2007-2008, Crown Prosecution Service (020 7796 8000)
Links: Report | Pink News report | Womensgrid report
Date: 2009-Feb