IMPACT ON PERPERTRATORS: Age

Question 1

Stats

Answer 1

• under 21s commit 43% of indictable crimes
• SCJS found perps of violent crime are Linley to be younger with only 1 in 4 over 40
• 16-24 age bracket = most likely to commit attempted murder
• 27 per 1000 ( young ) vs 10 per 1000( everyone else)

Question 2

Impact

Answer 2

• a future of reliance on state as opportunities lost so young
  -The study found that only 17% of young people who had been in custody were in employment two years after release, compared to 55% of the general population of the same age. ( mOJ)
• socially excluded ( strain/subculture theory)