Nearly two thirds (64%) support government plans to fund 40 new Live Facial Recognition vans to scan faces in town centres and high crime areas to identify wanted criminals (17% oppose).
In 2005, Ipsos was commissioned by the Audit Commission to conduct a survey to assess the experiences of households about neighbourhood crime and anti-social behaviour. The survey provided research data for the Audit Commission's national study of how public services and local people are working together to achieve community safety at a neighbourhood level.
The Criminal Justice System (CJS) Race Unit today publishes a MORI report detailing perceptions of ethnic minorities regarding whether they feel they would be equitably treated by the CJS.
The UK public is largely ignorant of the threats they face on the Internet, according to recent research conducted by MORI on behalf of StreamShield. Just 16% of the public has heard of the term 'key loggers' — malicious programs that record confidential password details — and only 24% had heard of the term 'phishing' — bogus emails purporting to be from one's bank asking for account information, with the intention of stealing funds.
With renewed focus on restoring respect and the need to tackle anti-social behaviour post- election, a new survey by MORI Social Research Institute provides a gauge of public opinion towards the use of anti-social behaviour orders (ASBOs). The research, launched at a MORI conference on 9th June, with speeches from Nick Pearce, Director of IPPR and Louise Casey, Head of the Anti Social Behaviour Unit for the Home Office, shows:
Young people are more likely to say they have been the victim of a crime in the past 12 months than the rest of the British public, according to research from MORI. The survey, for The Sun, shows half (52%) of people aged 15-17 say they have been the victim of any crime in the past year, compared with two in five (40%) people aged 18-24 and less than a third (30%) of all people aged 16+.
