The Cause Of Crime

Causes of Crime

The definition of crime given by the Oxford English Dictionary is ‘an action or omission which constitutes an offence and is punishable by law’. In this essay, I will be discussing the causes of crime; perceptions from the public, professionals and criminologists. All with different fields of expertise that may affect their understanding of the field. Public narratives take a great role in society because it allows us to understand a grouped conclusion of what the public are feeling. Statistics by the Crime survey for England and Wales, Office for National Statistics (ONS, 2016) show that ‘the percentage of adults who think crime has gone up in the country as a whole’ from 2009-2016 has dropped throughout the years from the

A major cause of crime is lack of jobs; the government website (GOV.UK,2014) states that they have policies in place that supports individuals through the benefit system to push them into long term jobs. This will produce a domino effect causing more and more people to get a job if the support is being offered, whilst managed to protect everyone’s rights. The next field of government policy makers take to prevent crime is increasing the minimum wage. By raising the per hour rate, people will be having a greater household income; decreasing the amount of people needing to commit crime to gain money. BBC Politics state that ‘the minimum wage has been the most successful policy’ as well as the most beneficial policy in the last 30 years. The policy focuses on all ages exceeding the ages of 18 years old, to improve the quality of life and reducing the need to commit crime. Another key policy area is family-friendly policies; ‘The Telegraph, Andy Bloxham’ article shows that through the collection of researched produced children who live in broken houses are 9X more likely to commit crimes etc. drugs. Mr Duncan Smith from the conservative party explained that “when the government abandons policies that support families, society can pay a heavy price”. Therefore, it is essential that the government policy makers put measures in place to deal with the obvious outcome, which now have been

The report outlines that the mixed ethnic group were more likely to be victims of crime, despite the relatively low likelihood for this group. Prosecutions made for indictable offences were significantly higher for the black and mixed ethnicity group, in comparison to white, Asian, Chinese and other ethnic groups. Therefore, the justice system in numerous cases are still seeping through with levels of biased outcomes, as proven from the data collected. The result of this is the balance of the professionals within the CJS giving fair trials to everyone, so everyone is treated fairly and equally according to their crime (Ministry of Justice,