Difference Between Public Perceptions of Crime and Actual Nature of Crime in England and Wales

DESCRIBE AND EXPLAIN
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF
CRIME AND THE ACTUAL
NATURE AND EXTENT OF
CRIME IN ENGLAND AND
WALES ACCORDING TO OF

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
PART 1............................................................................................................................................3
Reflective statement....................................................................................................................3
PART 2............................................................................................................................................5
Difference among the public perception of crime and the actual nature of crime with respect
to England and Wales.................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Law is being defined as the system of rules and regulation and legislation which are
applicable to the management of the business. All these laws and legislations are to be
implemented within the business and it is necessary as this will make the business more effective
and efficient. In addition to the business, the laws are also applicable to the people as well like
the criminal laws and other different legislations. The present report will outline the reflective
statement which will outline the understanding of the term crime and related aspect. Further, the
present report will also highlight the difference between the public perception of the crime and
the actual nature of the extent of crime in England and Wales.
PART 1
Reflective statement
Crime is an aspect which can be defined as some wrong doing or it can be defined as an
act which is strongly disapproved by the society (Snyders and Landman, 2018). This crime can
include the different unlawful acts like murder, extortion, fraud and many other different types of
the wrong doing and acts. This is not a good thing that a person is doing something wrong and
this is not good for that person. The reason underlying this fact is that when the person is doing
something wrong then this will affect the image of the person to a great extent. Analysing and
studying the crime is very essential for the person because of the reason that if the person knows
what will happen if they will commit the crime then nothing will take place. With the help of
some study and research i learnt that understanding the mind of criminal is the only best way to
reduce the crime. For instance, some people may have abusive the behaviour then they will be
working in the same manner and will abuse all the people near them and will impact the working
to a great extent.
The crime or the criminal events are being connected with the social context as well. This
is pertaining to the fact that when a person within the society commits any crime then this
increases knowledge of other people as well. The people who are already in the field of criminal
activities will increase the knowledge of these people to a great extent (Adriaenssen and et.al.,
2020). This also provides more information that how the crime can be committed in different
manner and this will increase the tendency of the person to commit the crime. This is pertaining