Research on the effectiveness of police practice in reducing residential burglary part 7: case study of Sydenham Local Police Area [pdf, 337 KB]
...violence. A respondent commented on trends they had observed, including the different impact government initiatives have had on adult and youth offenders. Clearly the issue of burglary is predominantly recidivist offenders. I think I would say that in my judgement that there is a greater percentage of young people committing burglaries compared with adults…I think it is more noticeable now among the young people than it has been previously. I think that there has been a tendency for older...