You may be interested or entertained by an article in the BBC online magazine today which in response to the latest results from the British Crime Survey (BCS) has decided to run an article on why crime rises or falls.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-10635206
Some interesting theories are mentioned here, but many others are missing.
Their choice of experts is interesting too. They use Adam Crawford, Ian Marsh and also the human geographer Danny Dorling who has done some projects for the BBC in the past.
The article has left me pondering which theories I would include and which I would leave out if trying to summarise this topic. There's no mention of the link between age and crime for example (and the various theories relating to this). Given that the population of the UK is ageing and the majority of crime tends to be committed by younger people this might have been an interesting area to discuss. A quick look at population statistics for England and Wales (i.e. the area covered by the BCS) shows that the proportion of population aged between 15 and 34 has declined:- 30.1% in 1981, 29.6% in 1991, 26.5% in 2001 and 26.2% in 2008; the population aged 60 and over has increased: 20.5% in 1981, 21.0% in 1991, 20.7% in 2001, 22.1% in 2008(Source Office for National Statistics, 2009, Population Trends Table 1.4).
What would you include? Which experts would you have ideally liked to comment?
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