Sociology Crime Stats Flashcards
CSEW 2011
“poorer households are more likely to be burgled”
Blomberg
“29% of new stories reinforced benefit fraud”
Farell
“middle classes are more likely to admit to tax fraud”
MOJ 2017
“74% of prosecutions were male, 26% were female”
National audit database
“tax avoidance costs £34 billion per year”
Ethnicity MOJ 2017
“ A black person is more likely to be in prison than university”
“black people make up the largest BAME group in prison”
“black people are 8 times more likely to be searched”
Gender MOJ 2017
“85% of arrests accounted for were male”
“ Females are 134% more likely to self harm in prison”
“71% of homicide victims were male”
Age ONS 2011
“people aged 10 - 17 accounted for more than 13% of arrests”
“51% of all robberies were committed by under 18 year olds”
“most economic crime is committed by young people”