Recorded crime. UK government.
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During the first two decades of the 20th century the police in England and Wales recorded an average of 90,000 indictable offences each year, a figure which increased to over 500,000 during the 1950s.
The crime rate consequently quadrupled from 250 crimes per 100,000 people in 1901 to 1,000 by 1950.
But the history of crime in the 20th century is dominated by the even sharper rise in offences recorded by the police since the late 1950s. During the 1960s there was acceleration in recorded crime: it was the only decade in the century where crime actually doubled. Crime continued to rise according to this measure for much of the remainder of the 20th century, with an average of over one million crimes recorded each year in the 1960s, increasing to two million during the 1970s, and 3.5m in the 1980s.
There is no simple answer as to why crime rates increased so markedly in the second half of the century.
Blogger: no simple answers, huh?
Try these:
1) Decline in Christian belief - encouraged by politicians - mainly of the left - who have undermined Christian teaching in schools.
2) Immoral programmes constantly being shown on TV.
3) Under-sentencing by courts - shoplifting effectively legalised.
4) Honesty is considered a less important concept than young people being 'anti-isms'.
5) Constant excuses made for criminal behaviour - especially from the left.
6) A huge reduction in punishments commensurate to the crimes committed.
7) The consequence of this is the removal of deterrence.
8) Far too many 'last chances' given to younger offenders in courts. They can often have appeared in Youth Courts and Adult Courts a dozen times and have been awarded numerous disposals of little consequence before anything resembling a punishment is awarded.
9) Loss of the 'fear of going to court for sentencing' has caused huge rises in crimes and has meant that countless young people have been disincentivised from turning away from offending.
10) The rejection of the 'short,sharp shock' for offenders early in their criminal careers.
11) The mocking of countries with tough sentencing solutions in countries with extremely few crimes. eg)
Singapore.
12) The loss of the concept of 'sin' manifesting the absence of straightforward views on 'right and wrong'.
13) Uncensored internet channels.
Take all these together - we are cursed into being constantly beset by dishonesty in our midst.