Research

On 9 May we publish the second edition of Evidence Lost.  This contains the latest figures from the Home Office on witness satisfaction with the police. The edition also includes (a) a foreword from victims' groups calling for legal help for witnesses and victims; and (b) a new opening section which explains why street violence has such a particular impact on public concern about national crime rates and why this concern is fuelled more by informal networks than by media reports. Like the previous edition, the report reviews all key research on witness satisfaction and summarises the lively Have Your Say on  "Would you report street crime?" that the BBC ran at the time the charity launched and includes over one hundred case studies drawn from that debate.  The report also contains practical recommendations which - at no additional cost to public funds - will make our streets safer and restore confidence in the police, the justice system and our sense of community.

On 9 March, we published the previous edition. This was revised because of an error in the use of Home Office statistics on witness satisfaction.  This is explained in a letter to the UKSA and the reply sets out action the Home Office is now taking.

On Wednesday 9 December 2009, we publish "Public policy, the perils of indifference and street violence". The report is based on quantitative and qualitative research among university students into their experiences and views on street violence, the walk-on-by culture and the criminal justice system.  The press release is also available.  In addition to the report, we are making available the quantitative and qualitative data on which the research is based.

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