Youth crime in the UK

The types of crime

There are many types of crime such as knife crime, gun crime, burglary, robbery, vandalism, anti-social behaviours, fraud, identity fraud, bogus callers, drugs and crime.
Youth crime in UK


According to Hough and Roberts (2003), the public report shows that there are many misperception about youth crime exist to youth crime in England and Wales .Firstly, most people neglect the real statistics and believe that the number of young offenders has increased since 2001.Moreover, most people also over-estimate the proportion of youth crime and it seems likely that the public knows little about the structure of youth justice in Britain.

In order to reduce the rate of youth crime, it is said that increasing discipline in schools is the most effective way of reducing youth crime according to the public report. However, the discipline in schools is not enough to reduce youth crime, it is better to integrate the efforts of family, society and schools. First of all, parents should give a health environment to their children and become a good supervisor to avoid the committing of crime. Secondly, schools are required to announce the knowledge of laws which relate to the youth crime. Finally, the public should increase their awareness of the youth crime and promote public confidence in youth justice.