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Fri 04 Apr 2003A calibrated policy on crime
The latest crime figures, published by the Minister for Justice yesterday, make for sobering reading. Overall "headline" or serious crimes are up 22 per cent on last year. Even more seriously, when this is compared with the 2000 figures, the increase over the past two years is 40 per cent.
Some categories of crime show a more dramatic increase than others. It is particularly worrying that assaults and sexual offences almost trebled over that period, while drug offences and larcenies increased by 50 per cent or more.
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