Incentivising the police with crime rate reduction and not their conviction rate

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   Clever Dick on April 22, 2021 at 10:15 am

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   Idea: Incentivising the police with crime rate reduction and not their conviction rate

   Link: https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodp...

   crime and the number of crimes the police choose to record are two totally different figures – well they were until they noticed that we realised that…

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   Link: https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/97

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  Richard P on April 22, 2021 at 2:16 pm

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  Idea: Incentivising the police with crime rate reduction and not their conviction rate

  Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-4689...

  That chart is from this on the bbc

  Crime figures: Do the police know how much there really is?

  Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-en

  We answer your questions about police crime figures and whether they tell the whole story.

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   Mike on April 22, 2021 at 9:11 am

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   Idea: Incentivising the police with crime rate reduction and not their conviction rate

   Link: https://www.vox.com/2016/2/15/10981274/cri...

   And law makers too? Crime rate depends on what you want to be a crime, and not really on those you think to be criminals.

   6 proven policies for reducing crime and violence without gun control

   Link: https://www.vox.com/2016/2/15/10

   A different approach.

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