Knife crime and homicide figures reveal the violence of austerity
Friday, October 19, 2018 - 08:40
in Psychology & Sociology
The latest crime figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) offer a grim outlook on the state of criminal justice in England and Wales. Almost as if to head off criticism, the bulletin starts: "Over recent decades, we've seen continued falls in overall levels of crime but in the last year the trend has been more stable". Isn't that an odd way of introducing a rise in serious violent offences?