Source: New Zealand Crime and Safety Survey, Resources & downloads | New Zealand Ministry of Justice.
Source: New Zealand Crime and Safety Survey, Resources & downloads | New Zealand Ministry of Justice.
Crime victimisation rates of Maori compared
08 Oct 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: crime and punishment, law and order, Maori economic development, racial discrimination
Blacks killed by police by threat level, January – September 2016
06 Oct 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: crime and punishment, law and order, police shootings
The U.S. incarceration rate is more than six times that of many developed countries.
06 Oct 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, law and order
war against racks,
Blacks and whites killed by police by threat level by threat level, January – September 2016
01 Oct 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: law and order, police shootings
Discharge without conviction is for offences more serious than argy-bargy after closing time
28 Sep 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, politics - New Zealand
People get discharges without convictions for offences far more serious than a little bit too much argy-bargy after a few too many with friends after closing time.
Source: Discharge without conviction numbers slump | Radio New Zealand News.
If an offences serious enough to jeopardise your job, an employer would sack you in any case because you are found guilty rather than the entry of a conviction. Allowing criminals to conceal their criminal convictions from future employers allows them to conceal their bad character. It puts law-abiding citizens at a disadvantage to criminals.
Nice members of the middle class are put off committing offences in the first place because of career concerns. In any case, the Spent Convictions Act allows a way out after 7 years.
A few years ago, the Court of Appeal tightened up the criteria to a conviction being all out of proportion of the offence. That means burglars, robbers, sex offenders and thugs got away with it still but less so in the past.
In the past, you just come to court and asked for discharge without conviction. Now you must produce a considerable amount of evidence of the undue career cost.
How many British burglaries are home invasions?
06 Sep 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics Tags: Burglary, law and order
People are aware that their house has been invaded in 1/3rd of British burglaries and in a quarter of burglaries, they see the offender. No wonder that burglary and the threat of a burglary are regarded as invasive crimes. We never locked the house when we were young. That changed.
Source: Home Office via What burglars steal – and how they get in | News | theguardian.com.
How well do you know your local burglar?
05 Sep 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics Tags: British economy, crime and punishment, law and order
Something is known about the burglar in 45% of cases. In this rather invasive crime, half of burglaries are betrayals of trust or familiarity. More than a few of these burglaries might be committed by family members and friends wanting money for drugs but that is speculation.
Source: Home Office via What burglars steal – and how they get in | News | theguardian.com.
What is stolen in British burglaries?
05 Sep 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics Tags: burglaries, law and order
30% of British burglaries are completely unsuccessful. Many more are reliant on chancing across a wallet or a decent piece of electrical equipment. Back in the day, a TV or VCR was worth a week’s wages. Now the fencing value of these things would be quite minor. The data below is from 2010 so there has been plenty of time for cash to fade away as a item to steal.
Source: Home Office via What burglars steal – and how they get in | News | theguardian.com.
Bill Maher on the U.N. & Israel
19 Aug 2016 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics, economics of crime, law and economics Tags: Israel, Left-wing hypocrisy, Middle-East politics, UN, war on terror
An adult start of a criminal career is uncommon
18 Aug 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, human capital, labour economics, law and economics, occupational choice Tags: crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, law and order
Do you feel safe walking alone at night? OECD by gender
18 Aug 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics Tags: law and order
The Japanese are surprisingly worried and New Zealanders too. I lived in both countries. People go about at night without many fears except when it comes to answering Gallup surveys. I use the reliable test that a mugging will get on the front page because they are so unusual.
Source: Gallup.com Women Feel Less Safe Than Men in Many Developed Countries.
Feeling safe walking alone at night, 2015 OECD
16 Aug 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics Tags: law and order
Again, too close to the truth
01 Aug 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, economics of media and culture, energy economics, law and economics, liberalism Tags: political correctness
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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