Economics of crime
Introduction
The essay discusses reasons for falling crime rates in the UK. Background of crimes and police operations is given as a preamble to the policy that was prepared by Whitehall to tackle crimes on various fronts. Conditions for a reduction in crime rates are discussed and a conclusion on major findings.
UK Crime policy
The UK has had a failure in fighting crime due to its poor policy and focus that was given to fighting crime. There was a little contribution by the community in fighting crime in the UK compared to other countries such as Germany. This is because of bureaucracy and the feeling of the public being disconnected from the government. Besides, there has been government interference in local policing which has led to the stifling of normal operations. Other than this, fighting crime in the UK was a process that was approached by many organizations that were disjointed and lacked organization to address a common form to reduce these rates to the minimum possible as desired. With many agencies failing to collaborate, responsibility and accountability fail to be apportioned to any of them. It also meant that getting data from any of them was a challenge and this was necessary to assess what to change to reduce crime rates in the country.
Success in fighting crime in the country depends on understanding the offenders what drives them and what conditions needed to be changed to reduce these numbers. Lack of employment and qualifications for the same has provided a fertile ground for the prosperity of crime. It has been used as a means of engaging in meaningful economic activity, given the lack of formal training for the offenders to keep them away from crime. This is adduced by close to half of all offenders that lacked any qualifications and 13% of them reported never having been gainfully employed before. The need to reduce these people stems from the cost borne by the government to keep them in correction facilities. As mentioned above, a new policy to fight crime needed to focus on the society, state, and economic empowerment of people. People do not just engage in crime for the sake of it, at least for most of them. According to Ehrlich
