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Young people as victims of crime

Young people do not only commit crime disproportionately. They suffer from it disproportionately.

  • Analysis of the 1992 British Crime Survey on the experiences of 12-15 year olds showed that young people were more likely to be victims of personal crime than adults. See table below:

Crimes experienced away from home in the last 6-8 months

Click here for an enlarged version of the above table

Aye Maung, N. (1995) Young People, Victimisation and the Police: British Crime Survey findings on the experiences and attitudes of 12-15 year olds.  Home Office Research Study 140.  London: HMSO.

See also Audit Commission (1996) Misspent Youth: Young People & Crime
http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/ac2?NR/Police/eb1a1196.htm

 

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