Young Crime

INTRODUCTION

We created this blog to increase awareness of the fact that 'young people’s opinions can affect local policing.' The police want to ‘empower young people to come forward and tell the police of the issues they face’. We want to show the effort the police and the government are making to reduce youth crime by improving the lives of young people. Hopefully this will help result in a better relationship between young people & the police.We also want to raise awareness of the reasons why young people turn to crime. Perhaps if we know what causes youths to turn to crime, this information can help parents, teachers, other adults to prevent young people from resorting to crime.

Thursday 28 October 2010

Hello,

We have been really busy researching information for our BBC School Report issue of Youth Crime. We have seen different reliable websites and compared different information. Below is some general information about Youth Crime and an insight to why we were inspired to choose this topic.

Source: http://www.connexions-northlondon.co.uk/sections.php?sectionID=62&type=3

Youth Crime Youth crime In general:

young people are responsible for 40% of crimes such as theft, burglary, robbery and violence and youth crime and fear of youth crime are blighting many communities. Tackling youth crime is a priority for the government and it has introduced major changes to the youth justice system - which together with preventive measures - aim to reduce offending by young people. The story of youth crime in London is good news and bad news. Looking through the latest figures (June 2003) from the Metropolitan Police, these are the main points:

* Against a rise in total crime, the number of youths accused fell by 12%

* Youth street crime fell by almost a quarter

* The number of youths accused of drugs offences rose by 10%, making drugs the largest crime category after theft and handling and violence against the person.

* The total number of youth victims fell by 5%

The Metropolitan Police define 'youths' as anyone aged between 10 and 17, so these statistics are a rough guide only.