- The Changing Shape of Youth Crime
John Pitts
In the 25 years since the birth of Youth and Policy, recorded youth and adult crime rates in England and Wales rose sharply, from around 2.75 million offences in 1983 to six million in 1992, and then declined steadily to around 5.75 million offences in 2005. Between 1992 and 2002, the number of 10- to 17-year-olds convicted, cautioned, reprimanded or warned for indictable offences, fell by over a quarter, from 143,600 to 105,700 (Nacro 2004).
The rise in overall recorded crime in the 1980s was accompanied by a rise in the numbers of young people convicted or cautioned for crimes of violence. An international study of crime trends found that, in England and Wales, the numbers of young people aged 14 to 16 convicted or cautioned by the police for a violent crime rose from around 360 per 100,000 in 1986 to 580 per 100,000 in 1994 (Nacro).
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