In the last year, the public’s concern about crime has risen again.
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Articles on UK crime
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The UK lacks a comprehensive system for recording hateful graffiti and imagery, something which researchers argue must change.
Food fraud costs billions globally. But blockchain and machine learning offer hope for a more transparent and safer food system.
Our sense that Letby’s appearance or lifestyle makes her an outlier is based on our own preconceptions – and misconceptions.
Integrated offender management is a better way of dealing with shoplifters than prison.
Fraud was up 25% in the UK in 2021/22.
Crimestoppers was originally founded in 1988 and now receives more than half a million reports each year.
A high-profile conviction for a crime that is not taken seriously enough is a victory for the victim and campaigners.
Increasing the prison population will put England and Wales out of step with their neighbours.
Indecent exposure happens digitally, too.
The government’s violence against women strategy fails to adequately address the reasons for women’s lack of safety.
The prestige the role of detective once had has been eroded and needs to be restored.
The fundamental change in how we are living will see criminals adapt and new targets emerging.
Faced with cutbacks to youth services and limited opportunities, risk-taking behaviour can, for some, become highly alluring.
New analysis reveals the most common types of anti-social behaviour, and who the victims are.
The police held to account those responsible for nearly 300,000 fewer offences between 2014 and 2018.
Teenagers become indentured to drug dealers after owing them money for weed, creating a hierarchy of exploitation with the user at the bottom.
Drug users aren’t the problem – the current ‘war on drugs’ is.
Street lighting may not actually reduce crime – but it can make people feel safer at night.
Dangerous, vulnerable or just plain stupid – these are some of the stereotypes which young people face when they come in contact with the law.
Top contributors
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Principal Research Associate, Department of Security and Crime Science, UCL
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Professor of Data Analytics, Bangor University
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Professor In Criminology, Staffordshire University
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Professor of Crime Science, University of Leeds
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Founder & CEO, Black Box Research and Consultancy
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Lecturer in Law, Lancaster University
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Associate Professor in Public Health Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Lecturer, Psychology and Epidemiology, University of Liverpool
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Professor in Criminology, University of Essex
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Associate Professor in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, Durham University
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Lecturer in Criminal Justice, University of Leeds
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Professor of Criminology, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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PhD candidate, The Open University
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Lecturer in Policing, Staffordshire University
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Honorary Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
