§ Sir Richard Glynasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department by what ratio the number of indictable offences known to the police in 1961, which involved wounding, exceeded the 193W corresponding figure for 1960; what was the corresponding annual average figure for the 1935–39 period; and what proportion of males convicted of wounding were sent to detention centres in 1961.
§ Mr. BrookeThe number (15,885) of indictable offences of felonious and malicious wounding known to the police in England and Wales in 1961 was 12 per cent. higher than the corresponding number (14,142) in 1960. The average annual number of these offences during the period 1935–1939 was 1,925. Two per cent. of males convicted in 1961 of felonious or malicious wounding were committed to detention centres; persons over 21 are not eligible for a detention centre sentence.
§ Sir Richard Glynasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department by
— 1938 1961 Percentage increase 1961–1938 All indictable offences … … … … 68,679 158,717 131.1 Offence Group: Larceny … … … … 48,010 87,796 82.9 Breaking and entering … … … … 10,672 35,273 230.5 Receiving … … … … 2,259 7,834 246.8 Frauds and false pretences … … … … 2,294 4,125 79.8 Sexual offences … … … … 2,229 6,103 173.8 Violence against the person … … … … 1,355 11,028 713.9
§ Sir Richard Glynasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department by what ratio the number of males under 21 found guilty of violence against the person in England and Wales in 1961 exceeded the corresponding figure for 1938; and if he will state the corresponding ratios for males under 21 convicted of larceny, of breaking and entering, of receiving, fraud and false pretences, and of sexual offences, respectively.
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Offence Group 1938 1961 Percentage increase 1961–1938 Violence against the person … … … … 257 4,618 1696.9 Larceny … … … … 25,879 46,825 80.9 Breaking and entering … … … … 8,068 24,874 208.3 Receiving … … … … 705 3,647 417.3 Frauds and false pretences … … … … 214 534 149.5 Sexual offences … … … … 823 2,258 174.4 what ratio the number of males found guilty of indictable offences in England and Wales in 1961 exceeded the corresponding figure for 1938; and if he will state the corresponding ratios for males convicted of larceny, of breaking and entering, of receiving, felony and false pretences, of sexual offences, and of violence against the person, respectively.
§ Mr. BrookeThe following table shows, for the years 1938 and 1961, the numbers of males convicted in England and Wales of all indictable offences and of indictable offences in the groups classified in the Criminal Statistics as larceny, breaking and entering, receiving, frauds and false pretences, sexual offences and violence against the person; and the percentage increases in 1961 compared with 1938.
§ Mr. BrookeThe following table shows, for the years 1938 and 1961, the numbers of males aged under 21 convicted in England and Wales of indictable offences in the groups classified in the Criminal Statistics as violence against the person, larceny, breaking and entering, receiving, frauds and false pretences, and sexual offences; and the percentage increases in 1961 compared with 1938.