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Read it here – along with a number of other useful contributions organised by the excellent Freakonomics team. Bill Bratton, former head of NYPD and LAPD says; “There is no immediate causal relationship between poverty or economic downturns and crime. … Continue reading
According to Jill Matheson, National Statistician of the Office of National Statistics, both the British Crime Survey (who’s shortcomings I have explained here) and the Police figures (which we use) were not properly covering crimes against children, businesses, fraud and … Continue reading
How many months makes a trend? I was very wary at the start to draw hasty conclusions, but with 5 months of totalled data, we do seem to have something of a trend. There is still much to learn though. … Continue reading
According to the Daily Telegraph ! When we have the data for June 2011, which will be in late July check to see if there is the same spike of thefts that happened last year. And we can compare … Continue reading
We all like to get noticed for our efforts – unless you’re a criminal of course ! – so we were pleased to come to the attention of the Home Office in a recent press release. As I said and … Continue reading
A must read in-depth article in today’s Europe edition of the Wall Street Journal (online a few days ago) about the recession in America not leading to an increase in crime when unemployment doubled from 5 to 10% and exploring … Continue reading
A number of times now, a few people have remarked to me that the British Crime Survey (BCS) is a much more accurate guage of crime than police recorded crime which is what we use. They’re free to think that … Continue reading
I keep thinking about this seminar I went to at Civitas – an excellent think tank – a few weeks ago, as reported on here by Alasdair Palmer of the Sunday Telegraph. Hats off to Civitas for inviting someone along … Continue reading