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Persons found
guilty or cautioned for offences of drunkenness by sex'
England and Wales
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Year |
Found
Guilty
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Cautioned
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Total
Found Guilty or cautioned
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Number
found guilty or cautioned per 100,000 population
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| 1985 |
49,176 |
26,148 |
75,234 |
183 |
| 1986 |
38,413 |
29,154 |
67,567 |
163 |
| 1987 |
42,313 |
40,723 |
83,036 |
200 |
| 1988 |
45,261 |
48,630 |
93,891 |
226 |
| 1989 |
42,910 |
49,912 |
92,822 |
223 |
| 1990 |
37,838 |
48,554 |
86,392 |
207 |
| 1991 |
29,355 |
45,995 |
75,350 |
180 |
| 1992 |
23,813 |
44,957 |
68,770 |
164 |
| 1993 |
18,799 |
41,108 |
59,907 |
142 |
| 1994 |
20,196 |
37,694 |
57,890 |
137 |
| 1995 |
19,789 |
22,809 |
42,598 |
100 |
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Source:
Aspects of drunkenness 1995, Home Office crime and Criminal
Justice Unit 1997.
The over–all drop in offences, 43% between 1985 and 1995’ is due principally to
the drop in numbers found guilty rather than in those cautioned with some 90% of the
decrease linked to offenders found guilty of drunkenness.
The drunkenness offence data also supports findings from other studies which point
towards a preponderance of young people being charged, particularly with aggravated
drunkenness.( Bennet 1998)
The table below, also taken from the Aspects of Drunkenness report, presents the
number of warnings issued by the Metropolitan Police. It is categorised by age of
offender in 1995 both for simple and aggravated drunkenness. It is worth noting that,
whilst all drunkenness offences peaks in the 30 to 59 age group, aggravated drunkenness
is as big a problem in the 21 to 29 age group.
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