Crime in the United Kingdom, the Glossary

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1. 55 relations: Broadside (printing), Capital punishment in the United Kingdom, Chapbook, Common law, Court, Crime, Crime in London, Crime in Merseyside, Crime in Northern Ireland, Crime in the United Kingdom, Crime statistics in the United Kingdom, Crime Survey for England and Wales, Crown Court, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, Early modern Britain, England and Wales, Epitaph, Fraud, Full-time equivalent, Gangs in the United Kingdom, Gossip, Greater Manchester, Gun crime in south Manchester, High Court of Justiciary, Home Office, Indictment, Judiciary, Jury trial, Justice of the peace court, Law enforcement in the United Kingdom, List of Latin phrases, List of major crimes in the United Kingdom, List of unsolved murders in the United Kingdom, Magistrates' court (England and Wales), Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom), Murder, Northern Ireland, Not proven, Pamphlet, Police Service of Northern Ireland, Prison, Race and crime in the United Kingdom, Robbery, Scotland, Sexual offences in the United Kingdom, Sheriff court, Terrorism in the United Kingdom, The Guardian, The Justice Gap, The Newgate Calendar, ... Expand index (5 more) »

Broadside (printing)

A broadside is a large sheet of paper printed on one side only.

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Capital punishment in the United Kingdom

Capital punishment in the United Kingdom predates the formation of the UK, having been used within the British Isles from ancient times until the second half of the 20th century.

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Chapbook

A chapbook is a type of small printed booklet that was popular medium for street literature throughout early modern Europe.

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Common law

Common law (also known as judicial precedent, judge-made law, or case law) is the body of law created by judges and similar quasi-judicial tribunals by virtue of being stated in written opinions.

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Court

A court is any person or institution, often as a government institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accordance with the rule of law.

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Crime

In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority.

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Crime in London

Figures on crime in London are based primarily on two sets of statistics: the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) and police recorded crime data.

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Crime in Merseyside

Crime in Merseyside is the Crime in Merseyside is the responsibility of Merseyside Police, and its chief constable Andy Cooke.

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Crime in Northern Ireland

In Northern Ireland before the Troubles ended, low-level petty crime was not as common as in the rest of Ireland or the UK.

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Crime in the United Kingdom

Crime in the United Kingdom describes acts of violent crime and non-violent crime that take place within the United Kingdom.

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Crime statistics in the United Kingdom

Crime statistics in the United Kingdom refers to the data collected in the United Kingdom, and that collected by the individual areas, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, which operate separate judicial systems.

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Crime Survey for England and Wales

The Crime Survey for England and Wales (previously called the British Crime Survey) is a systematic victim study, currently carried out by Verian (formally known as Kantar Public) on behalf of the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

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Crown Court

The Crown Court is the criminal court of first instance in England and Wales responsible for hearing all indictable offences, some either way offences and appeals of the decisions of magistrates' courts.

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Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (Oifis a' Chrùin agus Seirbheis Neach-casaid a' Chrùin) is the independent public prosecution service for Scotland, and is a Ministerial Department of the Scottish Government.

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Early modern Britain

Early modern Britain is the history of the island of Great Britain roughly corresponding to the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.

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England and Wales

England and Wales is one of the three legal jurisdictions of the United Kingdom.

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Epitaph

An epitaph is a short text honoring a deceased person.

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Fraud

In law, fraud is intentional deception to secure unfair or unlawful gain, or to deprive a victim of a legal right.

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Full-time equivalent

Full-time equivalent (FTE), or whole time equivalent (WTE), is a unit of measurement that indicates the workload of an employed person (or student) in a way that makes workloads or class loads comparable across various contexts.

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Gangs in the United Kingdom

Gang-related organised crime in the United Kingdom is concentrated around the cities of London, Manchester and Liverpool and regionally across the West Midlands region, south coast and northern England, according to the Serious Organised Crime Agency.

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Gossip

Gossip is idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others; the act is also known as dishing or tattling.

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Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester is a ceremonial county in North West England.

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Gun crime in south Manchester

Gun crime in south Manchester, England, largely took place in an inner city area south of Manchester city centre, from Hulme through Moss Side to Longsight.

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High Court of Justiciary

The High Court of Justiciary (Àrd-chùirt a' Cheartais) is the supreme criminal court in Scotland.

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Home Office

The Home Office (HO), also known (especially in official papers and when referred to in Parliament) as the Home Department, is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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Indictment

An indictment is a formal accusation that a person has committed a crime.

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Judiciary

The judiciary (also known as the judicial system, judicature, judicial branch, judiciative branch, and court or judiciary system) is the system of courts that adjudicates legal disputes/disagreements and interprets, defends, and applies the law in legal cases.

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Jury trial

A jury trial, or trial by jury, is a legal proceeding in which a jury makes a decision or findings of fact.

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Justice of the peace court

A justice of the peace court is the lowest authoritative type of criminal court in Scotland.

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Law enforcement in the United Kingdom

Law enforcement in the United Kingdom is organised separately in each of the legal systems of the United Kingdom: England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.

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List of Latin phrases

This is a list of Wikipedia articles of Latin phrases and their translation into English.

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List of major crimes in the United Kingdom

This is a list of major crimes in the United Kingdom and Crown dependencies that received significant media coverage and/or led to changes in legislation.

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List of unsolved murders in the United Kingdom

This is an incomplete list of unsolved known and presumed murders in the United Kingdom.

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Magistrates' court (England and Wales)

In England and Wales, a magistrates' court is a lower court which hears matters relating to summary offences and some triable either-way matters.

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Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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Murder

Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse committed with the necessary intention as defined by the law in a specific jurisdiction.

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Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland that is variously described as a country, province or region.

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Not proven

Not proven is a verdict available to a court of law in Scotland.

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Pamphlet

A pamphlet is an unbound book (that is, without a hard cover or binding).

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Police Service of Northern Ireland

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI; Seirbhís Póilíneachta Thuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: Polis Service o Norlin Airlan), is the police service responsible for law enforcement and the prevention of crime within Northern Ireland.

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Prison

A prison, also known as a jail, gaol, penitentiary, detention center, correction center, correctional facility, remand center, hoosegow, or slammer is a facility where people are imprisoned against their will and denied their liberty under the authority of the state, generally as punishment for various crimes.

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Race and crime in the United Kingdom

The relationship between race and crime in the United Kingdom is the subject of academic studies, government surveys, media coverage, and public concern.

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Robbery

Robbery (from Old French rober ("to steal, ransack, etc."), from Proto-West Germanic *rauba ("booty")) is the crime of taking or attempting to take anything of value by force, threat of force, or by use of fear.

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Scotland

Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Sexual offences in the United Kingdom

There are a number of sexual offences under the law of England and Wales, the law of Scotland, and the law of Northern Ireland (which function as three separate systems for this purpose).

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Sheriff court

A sheriff court (Cùirt an t-Siorraim) is the principal local civil and criminal court in Scotland, with exclusive jurisdiction over all civil cases with a monetary value up to, and with the jurisdiction to hear any criminal case except treason, murder, and rape, which are in the exclusive jurisdiction of the High Court of Justiciary.

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Terrorism in the United Kingdom

Terrorism in the United Kingdom, according to the Home Office, poses a significant threat to the state.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Justice Gap

The Justice Gap is an online UK-based magazine "about the law and justice and the difference between the two".

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The Newgate Calendar

The Newgate Calendar, subtitled The Malefactors' Bloody Register, was a popular collection of moralising stories about sin, crime, and criminals who commit them in England in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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United Kingdom prison population

The United Kingdom has three distinct legal systems with a separate prison system in each: one for both England and Wales, one for Scotland, and one for Northern Ireland.

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Vandalism

Vandalism is the action involving deliberate destruction of or damage to public or private property.

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Violent crime

A violent crime, violent felony, crime of violence or crime of a violent nature is a crime in which an offender or perpetrator uses or threatens to use harmful force upon a victim.

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Wilful fire raising

Wilful fire-raising is a common law offence under Scots law applicable to deliberately starting fires with intent to cause damage to property.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_Kingdom

Also known as British crime, Crime in England, Crime in Scotland, Crime in United Kingdom, Crime in Wales, Crime in britain, Crime in the UK, History of crime in the United Kingdom, Religious hate crime in the United Kingdom, UK crime, Violent crime in the United Kingdom.

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