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The Example United Kingdom ( http://www.justice.gov.uk/news/features/new-rules-make-offenders-pay ). Great Britain, Ministry of Justice, Oct. 1st 2012: „Offenders must pay to support crime victims“
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The Example United Kingdom(http://www.justice.gov.uk/news/features/new-rules-make-offenders-pay) Great Britain, Ministry of Justice, Oct. 1st 2012: „Offenders must pay to support crime victims“ From October 1st many more criminals will be made to pay towards supporting victims of crime. Currently offenders only contribute around one sixth of the funding that supports victims‘ services. Hard-working taxpayers provide the rest.
Media reporting about crime(Hestermann, in: Kerner, Marks (Hrsg.)(2011). www.praeventionstag.de/Dokumentation.cms/1335)
Sex-Crimes: Reality and Fiction Development of the numbers of victims of finalized sex-crimes in Germany according to PKS (Police statistics) all victims Children 1993 26 3 2003 20 5 2010 4 1 Change 2003 – 2010: -80 %
Kaugia (2000): Legal Knowledge of Estonian Youth – 1970 to 1990(Juridica International 2000, 20ff.) The severest Term of Punishment that can be imposed pursuant to law for an offence is… 1975 1995 Does not know 54 % 20 % Underestimates 22 % 65 % Knows exatly 10 % 4 % Overestimates 13 % 12 %
New Trends of Criminology and Teaching Innovations • Fear of crime -> more Punitiveness • Problems of conception and Measurement • Matthews (2005, p. 178): „Although the term ‚punitiveness‘ is widely used in the literature, there is little attempt to define or deconstruct it. The consequence is that punitiveness remains a ‚thin‘ and under-theorized concept. Ist largely undifferentiated nature and the general vagueness surrounding it, however, has not been an impediment to ist adoption“. • New forms of control/surveillance (electr. Monitoring)
The effect of arrest and imprisonment on crime(Wan, Moffatt, Jones, Weatherburn 2012, p. 1) Results: „1 % increases in arrest rates for property and violent crime are estimated to produce 0.10 % and 0.19 % decreases in property and violent crime, respectively. There was no evidence that increases in the length of imprisonment has any short or long-run impact on crime rates.“